A paw full of spice makes everything nice
For the past month or so, I have been sick…TWICE! The first time was a bit of a cold that made its way through the house. First my husband, then my child and lastly me. Overall, in terms of sickness, it could be classed as just a bit of a bummer, with its minor…
My Nana made the best stuffing. It was dark brown, mushy and looked like something the Adams Family might have a conversation with before eating it, but it was also damn good. Digging into it was quite the adventure. What was that I just found? A bit of celery? Sliced mushroom? A scrap of turkey? …
I never was a refried bean girl. Sorry, I know that is an incendiary statement but I just wasn’t all that into them. Although tasty, refried beans were viscous, like lava, spilling over and expanding on my plate capturing little grains of rice in its wake or worse, how it completely over…
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: no one does vegetarian food better than the Indians. The way they carefully and lovingly work with vegetables and spice is genius. I always judge a new Indian restaurant by it’s vegetarian Thali. Why do I order that specific dish (or…
] Here in Malaysia, chicken chops are EVERYWHERE! Crispy chicken chops with salted egg yolk sauce. Grilled chicken chops with peppered gravy. In the local grocery store, chicken chops come already deboned and ready to be covered in spice, sliced up and served next to rice and sambal or wrapped up in…
Sometimes I am lazy. Sometimes I don’t want to make a big thing for dinner. Sometimes I just want to throw a bunch of stuff in a wok, fry it up and eat it on the couch in front of the TV. I don’t want to spend lot of…
Steak and ale pie might seem like one of those dishes that you can only get in a pub somewhere in Yorkshire with a side of mashed potatoes, green peas and a decent mug of lager or two. Where else could people master such a flaky crust, luscious gravy and tender…
In my experience, homemade is best made. I make what I can from scratch – pasta sauces, soups, salad dressings and even sausage meat, bread and pasta if and when I had the time. If I could do subsistence farming and produce my own fruit, vegetable, meat and dairy then I…
I was never really a big fan of onion rings. I know looking at these pictures, one could think that was ridiculous. I mean-look at them. Golden brown and crisp with a sheen of grease that just tempts you like a sea siren’s call. Meh…just not for me. I always…