- Documenting the journey through my kitchen, a pinch of salt at a time.
Posted in Appetizer, Dessert, Food Thoughts, Italian, Main Dish, Pasta, Vegetables on Jun 6th, 2011
We are indeed much more than what we eat; but what we eat can nevertheless help us be much more than what we are. — Adele Davis Ah, Italy! Italia! Il Bel Paese! Even though a culinary journey through this land of food artists would outlast the most long-lived of men, we felt the need [...]
Posted in Food Thoughts on Jun 6th, 2009
Pablo Neruda was not known for his food writing, but some of his elementary odes contain hidden treasures that deserve an applause for the vividness and life it brings to the reader. I am quite amazed by this poet’s diverse collection of styles and thoughts, all written so eloquently. After all, being a winner of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Food Thoughts, Poll on Jul 22nd, 2008
Make your own poll voting question with Poll Everywhere Everyone seems to have their morning beverage preference. What’s yours? For me, I like them all but lately I have been resorting to coffee. It is certainly not an addiction, but simply for pure enjoyment. On top of the beverage, it is essential that I eat [...]
Posted in Food Thoughts, Poll on Jul 10th, 2008
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Posted in Environment, Food Thoughts on Jun 29th, 2008
I was out of town in Boston this weekend, so this will be a non-recipe post that still addresses food. After all, food is tied into so many things in our lives. I do my very best to avoid leaving a larger carbon footprint than absolutely necessary, and that applies to what I do professionally [...]
Posted in Food Thoughts on May 28th, 2008
Since the inception of my new blog, I have decided to keep the default title of the default blog post the blogging application provides, “Hello World!” It literally reminds me of the first homework assignment in a C programming class I took when I thought I wanted to be a computer engineer. In retrospect, I [...]
