Taiwanese breakfasts have always fascinated me. As a Taiwanese-American born and raised in the US, I grew up eating stuff that most of my other classmates probably ate for breakfast: sugary cereals, poptarts, toast with peanut butter or jelly and the like. Once in a while though, my parents would take my sister and me [...]
As some of you may know, my blog was recently hacked; I had several recipes pre-written, ready for publishing when I discovered that the hacker had completely wiped out my wordpress database, deleting all my posts, recipes and comments. I was devastated . . . Needless to say, I have learned my lesson: always keep [...]
I was recently going through my old photos and realized I have a huge backlog of food-related photos that I have yet to write about; recipes I’ve attempted, places I’ve visited and restaurants I’ve tried. I know I haven’t been the most diligent of bloggers, but I hope to change that! If you haven’t noticed [...]
In my ongoing quest to clean out my pantry, I had planned on using up a bag of vegan carob chips that I had bought; however, I had forgotten exactly when I had bought them (first sign of bad things to come?). I had bookmarked this lovely chocolate olive oil crinkle cookie recipe at Nook [...]
If honey, caramel and nuts are your thang, look no further. Modified from recipe for Pine Nut Honey Squares from Baking Obsession. Feel free to substitute any other nut or seed for the cashews in this recipe. Honey Caramel Cashew Bars Makes one 8″ square pan, or 64 1″ squares. What you’ll need: your favorite [...]
As it’s St. Patrick’s Day, I felt the need to bake a soda bread. Googling will take you to a bunch of results for recipes, I based mine off of a traditional version; here the gist of what I did. Whole-Wheat Mini Irish Soda Bread Makes 1 mini-round. Preheated oven to 400 degrees F. 1/4 [...]
These are probably the healthiest and tastiest truffles I’ve made (eaten); I’ve been trying to cut out refined sugars for a long time and while I occasionally enjoy a calorie-laden sugar bomb, my everyday desserts nowadays tend towards the more wholesome and natural. These truffles (given that you have the proper tools and ingredients) are [...]
Note: This is a “cooking-by-the-seat-of-my-pants” post. Recipe and instructions are approximate and to the best of my shoddy memory. This year, I wanted to try my hand at making pineapple tarts, a traditional Chinese New Year treat. As I didn’t have any pineapple on hand, I substituted some frozen persimmon pulp, cooking it down with [...]
I’ve been craving carbs lately (see previous post); in my latest attempt to alleviate my cravings for all things floury, I tried my hand at making some Indian flatbreads. I decided to try making phulkas, which are unleavened flatbreads made with only flour and water (no oil). When the phulkas are cooked, no oil is [...]
Maybe it’s the cold weather, but I’ve really been craving foods that are spicy, savory, and full of carbs. I guess it’s my body’s way of telling me that I need to build up my “winter coat” . . . I’ve had this recipe by Kevin at Closet Cooking bookmarked for a long time, and [...]
