My friend said we should go to a book reading, since it was by a food blogger. I actually didn’t know who Pim Techamuanvivit was but I thought it sounded fun. So off we went!
We chose our seats and thumbed through her book for a while, trading laughs and funny quotes from her book, “The [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘cooking’
November 10, 2009
The Foodie Handbook Book Reading (with Queen Pim)
November 6, 2009
Extremely Easy Salmon Salad with Sweet Potatoes
I’m kinda like a cat. I love fish. When I was a vegetarian for a few years, I resisted burgers, hot dogs, steaks and even pork chops without any trouble. But fish? I remember pining away for albacore sashimi, when everyone else in my family enjoyed platters of it, on gorgeous beds of freshly-picked chiso.
I’m [...]
November 2, 2009
Shiitake Stuffing for a Minnesota Holiday Potluck
Once upon a time, I attended a potluck, with a savory bread pudding in tow. It was much, much loved. And my hopes of eating the leftovers were not to be – it was entirely demolished! I was so proud of myself because I thought I had completely invented the recipe, and it was the [...]
May 19, 2008
Kotonk Chow Fan // Spam Fried Rice
Beware of Hawaiians. They will laugh at your “mainlander” accent. They thought I talked funny because I am a kotonk. I speak native Californian! Meanwhile, they spoke pidgin. Who’s right? Ah, when in Rome…do as the Romans do. And in Hawaii, that means, fall in love with Spam. From the Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
Hawaii residents consume nearly [...]
May 13, 2008
My Mom’s Kohi Kanten – Coffee Pudding (Vegan – and about $.10 per serving!)
Kanten…so many reasons I love it:
it’s a naturally ZERO calorie food. That’s right. I said, ZERO!
it’s filling and yet not wiggly-jiggly (unlike gelatin);
even the laziest prep yields yummilicious results; and
I grew up eating it!
Below is a picture of agar agar in stick form.
At any Asian market you can find premixed packets of almond kanten for [...]
