Confession: I don’t think I really liked ube until my uncle brought me a tub back from the Philippines. Ube donuts and various other ube-laden pastries were either too sweet for me or the texture was too grainy. So upon receiving a jar my first inclination was to immediately send it to my sister-in-law in... Continue Reading →
It's great to have a partner in life and I hope that everyone has one that they can depend on to do things for them even it's just blogging for them. If you haven't noticed, Paul has taken a more active role here. He's been blogging regularly and while he doesn't respond to comments (he... Continue Reading →
Last year, Paul and I made a commitment to update our television set. This became even more apparent when we had to move the behemoth from our rental to our house. It took both of us to lift the monster down a flight of stairs with potential risks along the route to our moving van.... Continue Reading →
They just don't make cartoons they way they used to. And there are so few that can leave viewers weepy like “Feed The Kitty,” a classic Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by the legendary Chuck Jones. Watching an episode or even just hinting at it, will leave Paul with moist eyes. Though it was originally released... Continue Reading →
Cookie swaps is a genius concept: bring one large batch of cookies to a party with the intention of exchanging them for other cookies. The larger the group, the more cookie variety. While the intention is good, the idea of making a big batch of cookies -- and I'm talking over 5 dozen for a... Continue Reading →
It wasn't too long ago that I didn't understand the idea of putting salt to compliment something sweet. It was weird and odd to me. If something was supposed to be sweet, why would I want to add salt? This next part you have to trust me on— salt makes anything sweet taste a bit... Continue Reading →
My Thanksgiving four-day holiday was great. I got to sleep in late, eat a ton of food, nap and catch up on a stack of things to do. One of the things I wanted to do was get a start on the Christmas cards. My rough sketch for our holiday card.Since last year, Paul and... Continue Reading →
Part of my personality is that I like to make lists. Either on paper or in my head. My basic lists comprise of things to do, work projects to finish and grocery items. But I also have some other lists such as the top stores I would like to have a blank check for (Apple... Continue Reading →
A few months back, Darlene and I were in a Cost Plus wandering about the import cookies and chocolates, and a shiny blue cylinder caught my eye. "Digestives?" Well, the photo on the wrapper showed what looked like a wheat cookie with chocolate on top. So we bought some and tried them out. Yeah, they're... Continue Reading →
The past few days, I actually had a few food-related conversations among talk of pop culture and, egads, comics. Possibly the strangest and most surreal was with David Arquette, you know... Courtney Cox's (of Friends) husband. Why I was in line to meet him and Paul Reubens, I really don't know. It seemed to be... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen 