Oh man, its Valentine’s Day! One side of me says, “So?” The other says, “Whoa … I’ve got to come up with something meaningful – you know, to avoid the impression that it’s a meaningless day!” Of course, my beloved knows, by this time in our relationship, just what my feelings [...]
Archive for February, 2009
A Cupcake for My Cupcake
Posted in Food, baking, tagged chocolate, Nutella swirled cupcakes on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever Hear of Thai Muffins?
Posted in Food, baking, tagged baking, coconut milk, coconut sweet potato muffins, growing sweet potatoes, southern on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My daughter, Melanie and I have been discussing sweet potatoes and how much she and I enjoy them – and enjoy cooking and baking with them. On the heels of last week’s simple but exotic Thai Coconut Shrimp Curry with Pumpkin (aka, sweet potato), I thought I’d carry this Thai theme over into today’s [...]
“We Truly Are a Nation of Fools”, but we do love our fast food!
Posted in Opinion, Philosophy, and Assorted BS, tagged Good Eats, Iron Chef, Mario Batali, Reality TV, The Food Network, Tony Bourdain on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have been in a contemplative and introspective mode these last several days – and I fear this is so because I’m slipping into the habits of the elderly, as much as that bothers me – and it does. I fear that old people spend their days “remembering”, and I fear that I too [...]
Pumpkin Masquerade
Posted in Food, Simple Dishes, tagged rice noodles, simple Asian dishes, simple but exotic, sweet potatoes, Thai Curried Shrimp with Pumpkin, Thai curry on February 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My favorite ethnic cooking style is Asian – God knows how much of my life has been spent in discovering every Asian enclave in every major U.S. city, (+ Vancouver, B.C., which, BTW, beats to hell every similar enclave in the U.S.!). And I would love to tell you that I had mastered the [...]
