Do you ever make a particular recipe till everyone is fed up? As in completely, totally fed up. For instance my husband doesn’t want to see Salmon with his two eyes. I’ve over-cooked it (not texture wise) – but cooked it too many times, different ways but still enough for him to be totally bored with it, out of his mind. (Note many photos taken in a hurry!)
A weekend of Thai food and more
The red thread this weekend was Thai in the whole fabric of food that was M’s visit. My friend, M. My darling friend who says ‘Food is a form of expression’ – so you can guess what the rest of the weekend involved!
Another Hollandwood plaque
Flickr…Thank you. Through Flickr, I got one of my photos of St Stephen’s cathedral in Vienna published in the 8th edition of the Schmap! I got an email one day asking if I’d like to submit my photo for the guide. If it got accepted they would let me know. I had nothing to lose so I said yes and ….a few weeks later (yesterday), I got an email saying it was included in the guide. Paving stones to Hollandwood! Click here to see the guide. I’m in celebratory mode – by which I mean, off to bed shortly. Yes, my celebrations...
Pear Tarte Tatin…my inspiration
Upside down cakes….I love ’em. The first one I ever had was a pineapple upside-down cake. That was long before I became allergic to some varieties of pineapple. Yes, allergic.
Things I’m thankful for…
It all started when I opened the door…and stepped outside this morning To behold the beauty and colour that a rainbow brings Hope and courage were built up in my heart as the rainbow I saw arched over skies the grey and the blue, side by side, as clouds must be for a rainbow to form and for you, it to see While dark clouds hover and raindrops fall Little rays of sunshine keep pushing through And truly my eyes and heart opened up to see that sometimes the rain a blessing can be! Today I am thankful to God...
Steak Bling, Bling
Show me a man who doesn’t like sizzling steak, and I’ll tell him who he is….he may be vegetarian and not know it. No offense. I like the idea of steak – a smoking hunk of beef on a warm plate – tasty, rested – heaven! I wasn’t raised on steak, a natural born steak eater and cooker, not. Good, stewed beef – yes; de-skewered Suya (Nigerian version of Satés) – yes; in soups – for sure but as a slab for dinner – no, never. Yes we had BBQs too, thank you very much, but we ate our way through tons of...
Indonesian Satés & Soul
Talk about melangés…talk about Indonesia and its delicious patchwork of influences from all over Asia – peanut sauces and hot chilies from Thailand, Vietnamese nam pla (fish sauce) and terasi (shrimp paste), Indian spices, Chinese stir-fries… a conglomerate of tastes and techniques all rolled up. More often than not, a typical Indonesian meal combines sweet, sour, hot and spicy, even throwing in a bit of punch. Some may find it too sweet but if it’s served right then you just love it. Anyway, this weekend past, I got invited to a Braderie (dutch for fair) to celebrate Indonesia’s independence from Dutch...
Peanut Butter Chicken
Cupboard love – you have to have it. Those days when nothing will do but something simple. Guaranteed, full-proof. We all have some of those – the sandwich that quenches all hunger, the drinks that cool all thirsts and the chicken….. that satisfies the desire for creamy, succulent, fragrant and all with something straight from your cubby.
Greek salad extraordinaire
I have a recipe book, a recipe address book where I write down my recipes. The recipes that go in there are those that make the cut and hit the mark. Those recipes are forever immortalized in my food hall of fame. You’ll be glad to know that this salad has reigned there for almost a decade since I first discovered it while at University. I think everyone should have an address book for writing recipes…assuming you love writing like I do even in this computer age of online everything. Why I like the address book chronicling is that it allows you index your...