With me having most of last week off, my plan was to blog as much as possible to make up for the once a week posts I've been scrapping together lately. I have an actual queue of posts that have yet to be written, are half done, photos taken and finished in my head. But... Continue Reading →
Waking up from the spritz cookie coma
Due to an unfortunate illness, Paul's parents were stuck in Nevada for Christmas. Stuck with them were Paul's favorite cookies: butter spritz. So being the kind and thoughtful person I am, I decided to bake a batch of those cookies especially for him and count them as his Christmas gift.If you know anything about me,... Continue Reading →
Gift baskets are the essence of class and fanciness
So three months into my new job, in the height of the holiday season what should be delivered to me at work one morning but a gift basket. A gift basket in the true sense of the word in that there were cookies, crackers, cheese spread and more tucked neatly inside a wicker tray. I... Continue Reading →
“What’s this green thing doing in my brownie?”
Sometimes the last thing I read before I go to bed are cookbooks. If my dreams aren't filled with nightmares about work, they are filled with cooking. Usually experimental cooking gone horribly wrong. The past few nights, I've been studying Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook, Deceptively Delicious. I was thinking that I could possibly try something right... Continue Reading →
IHOG: International Houses of Gluttony
Walking around Balboa Park and trying to eat my way "around the world" was not uncommon. At this year's December Nights, I overheard many people yell to their companions which country they were going to eat next."I'll meet you over by the House of Germany. I'm going over to France and a slice of buche... Continue Reading →
New addition to my cookbook family
So isn't it always the case? I walk into Target to pick up a few things and suddenly my basket is full! I'm paying over $50 for things I didn't really need. That box of facial tissue I initially came in for is buried under a load of stuff which includes a new cookbook.The cookbook?... Continue Reading →
Aerosol pancake batter
Along the lines of aerosol cheese is Batter Blaster, an aerosol pancake/waffle batter. Not a joke.Is this wave of the future? I thought it was the freeze dried crap that astronauts eat along with Tang powdered OJ. Or maybe I'm just old and not keeping up with the kids these days. Something just seems really... Continue Reading →
The lowly spaghetti
You know what's harder than spelling 'spaghetti?' It's explaining why spaghetti is the poor student's food.During my first year of college, I ate spaghetti quite frequently. From our dinky and illegal burner in our dorm suite, my roommate would make spaghetti at least once a week. Being Korean, she even put chunks of Spam in... Continue Reading →
A retreat north, cupcakes and a celebrity encounter
I've been looking for a chance to get away for a long weekend. You know, no work and no computers. This weekend was better than any, considering my upcoming work schedule that will remain busy up until the end of the year. So plans were set to revisit Solvang and a quick visit to Los... Continue Reading →
Halloween 2007 – A wrap-up
So Halloween 2007 was uneventful. In my part of the city where I've seen some odd costumes in previous years, this year was actually quite tame. Years before I've witnessed full-sized Powerpuff Girls ride around in a convertible, the entire Adams family seated at City Delicatssen and a camouflaged duo hide in bushes and scare... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen... on the road 