- Documenting the journey through my kitchen, a pinch of salt at a time.
Posted in Cantonese, Food Thoughts, Rice on Aug 23rd, 2008
Not Grey’s, but whose anatomy?
Similar to Latin American tamales, I grew up eating the Chinese variation of this family classic, also known as zhong (in Cantonese), or zhongzi (in Mandarin). The term zhong literally means rice dumpling. Tamales and zhong share similar characteristics in that both are wrapped in various types of leaves and take […]
Taking a skip down memory lane, here is an excerpt from Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, a familiar childhood classic:
…I do not like
green eggs
and ham!
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.
You do not like them.
So you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may, I say.
Sam!
If you will let me be,
I will try […]
Posted in Food Thoughts, Recognition on Aug 7th, 2008
Note: In my previous post below, I mentioned the next entry would be related to the poll topic (eggs). It certainly will be shortly! This entry is a mini spontaneous detour…
I started to write about food outside of work for genuine gratification and recreation. It has been about two months since my first introductory post, […]
Posted in Poll on Aug 5th, 2008
As a preview to my next post, please vote in the following poll about eggs
Eggs are a wonderful food (sorry vegan friends!) because they are so versatile. They easily qualify to be BLD - breakfast, lunch, or dinner. You will begin to notice that I rave about versatile foods because of the infinite […]
I label myself as one who does not bake…often. Can I see myself as a pastry chef? It might be a hard feat. Perhaps not using an oven for over 16 years to make baked goods still haunts me to the point where the oven is a foreign machine that remains untouched unless absolutely necessary. […]
