Due to an unexpected day of fun in South Bend to watch some college football, my weekend got cut a bit short. Unfortunately, my to-do list did not, and I spent most of yesterday cooking, cleaning, and laundry-ing. Mostly cooking. On that to-do list was…
Simple cream scones are the perfect accompaniment to afternoon tea, or any breakfast spread- easy to throw to together and always a favorite.
I’m back from my two weeks of European adventures with mom: Budapest, Vienna, London. And a trip to Budapest just begs for a recipe for Hungarian Cabbage Rolls (Töltöt Káposzta). I don’t think you’d disagree once you tried them.
Malaysian kaya and roti is a version of caramel jam and fresh, homemade roti in this country’s version of bread and jam.
Not surprisingly, Malaysia has some pretty interesting sweets. Today’s dessert, onde onde, is a sweet pastry type cookie and a popular snack in Malaysia and Indonesia. However, unlike those French concoctions of buttery goodness that may come to mind, these little nuggets are made of…
In the hopes that my exploits in the kitchen would have some sort of cosmic power over the temperature gods (and armed with the foresight knowing that my wishes for fall weather would come through by the end of the week), I made beef stew. Beef rendang, to be more precise.
Rendang is traditionally prepared in Malaysia during festive occasions such as weddings. According to Wikipedia, in 2011 an online poll by 35,000 people held by CNN International chose Rendang as the number one dish of their ‘World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods (Readers’ Pick)’ list. Take that information how you will, but I will agree this is one tasty dish.
I grew up eating curry, and have made and eaten a lot of it. Hey, in retrospect, I feel like half of all the African food that I made was some sort of curry. In any case, I’ve found in my travels, both abroad and in making the restaurant rounds, that every family’s curry and every restaurant’s curry is different. In all the curries I’ve made, this one really stood out from the bunch. (more…)
Man, today was hot. So hot. So hot that I had sweat dripping down my legs while riding in an un-airconditioned EL car on my way home. It definitely looked like I was peeing. Sexy. I was crabby. What’s taking so long, fall??? ANYWAY, moving…
