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Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, you're reading this post while I'm off traipsing around Eastern Europe. This is the first of three posts that I've set to go up while I'm gone ... I guess blogging really is a sickness. For the March 5 S

I don't know if I'd say this was my dream cake but it sure does have a lot of chocolate in it! This recipe is very similar to my crock pot chocolate cake recipe and is easy to make. You can serve with or without the chocolate drizzle. I didn't have a butt

We are great fans of fish in this house, especially haddock and cod. It goes without saying that we only buy and eat fish that is responsibly sourced and caught. We do also occasionally eat salmon and tuna and Todd loves mackeral. Me, I'm not such

I made these fried chicken and shrimp balls as an "accessory" to the handmade noodle feast we had last weekend. They're not yet as good as the ones we buy off the streets in Indonesia (I just don't know how they make those crispy-on-the-outside-yet-fluffy

AKA, dump cake, which is a rather unattractive moniker for such a delicious, yet easy, cake. Growing up in largely Cajun town of LaPlace, La, I ate this cake often, and I've never tired of it. Nor will you, I dare say. My version is an adaptation

Trying to cut costs in the grocery area, I've been trying to find meals that are less expensive, and use ingredients we already have in the pantry or around the house (my spice cabinet is a testament to buying stuff for that one recipe--no more. It's rid

Call it bragging (and it is), but I've just got to say it: I'm a food rock star! Okay, now that I've written that sentence out and feel sufficiently obnoxious, I'd like to erase it. But I'll leave it there for you all to see and laugh at me. It's true th

This weekend, our niece Ella turned two years old! In honor of her second birthday and her Sesame Street theme celebration, we made her a Sesame Street Cupcake and Dessert Tower. Nothing but the best for our niece's birthday party! We used our Round C

Sea Buckthorn berries have very high levels of beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E and flavonoids. The vitamin C level is about 10 times higher than that of oranges. The sea buck thorn berries are also rich in vitamins B1, B2, K and P. Because of sea buck

Indofoods Rendang spice paste mix Ingredients and Preparations : Beef Rendang ? Prepare 500 g cubed beef, which has been boiled/high-pressure cooked. ? Sauté 1 sachet of INDOFOOD beef in Chili Coconut Instant Seasoning Mix with 2 table

The past few days have been spent planning an elaborate baking mission composed of sweet treats to make your heart cry out for a detox ? though I?m not yet ready for said detox. In honour of all things royal wedding, I?m creating a banquet fit for kings

In case you hadn?t noticed, I have been MIA for a week ? but thankfully, I have a great excuse. If you follow me on Facebook you?ll know that I?ve been spending most of time baking for a lovely little party I attended last weekend. On the entirely eggle

Serve 8 Prep: 30 mins cook: 30 mins Ingredients: Dough 6 cups Flour

serves 4 to 6 prep: 10 minutes cook: 20 minutes Ingredients: 1 lb Baby Potatoes (about 30) 1 1/2 Cups kelp broth 3 Tbsp Soy Sauce 3 Tbsp Sugar

Serve 3 Prep 10 minutes cook 20 minutes Ingredients: 6 chicken legs, bone in and skin on 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup Mirin (cooking rice wine) 1 cup low sodium chicken broth 1 Tbsp sugar, or more to taste 1 Tbsp sesame seed oil a pi

(photo: red and yellow peppers fried along side red onion and potatoes, including plenty of hot peppers) The region of Calabria , and the birthplace of my parents, is widely known for its variety of peppers, including the hot and sweet variety such as

Indian cooking challenge for March was Vattayappam from my home state. The recipe given to us was Shn's . Shn has given a very detailed recipe. On a first glance, the recipe might look elaborate and complicated. But its not that difficult. It involves f

Indian Cooking Challenge for March rightly matches Vishu - Malayalam New Year.Yes, this month we all enjoyed making this Fluffy, Spongy,Kerala's Queen of Steamed Rice Cakes - Vatteppam/Vattayappam!!!!! Thanks to Srivalli for choosing this really Challe

Making Pastas can be 'simple' or 'elaborate'.It depends on how you choose to make it.On busy days, I make pastas that are simple, just throw in cooked veggies and marinara sauce (store bought sometimes!) in cooked pasta and Done! But this was not one of t

I wanted to adapt my usual recipe to make it more like goulash served in Poland. The paprika we've bought here has been darker and spicier (not smoked) so that took care of part of it. I also used pork, the most typical Polish protein, rather than bee

I caught a rerun of the Sesame Street Quickfire Challenge on Top Chef All-stars last night, and stayed up later than we intended to watch it. The muppets were of course, very cute and funny, but what really enjoyed was watching the chefs' reactions to th

We ve been running this blog for a year and a half and still haven t posted anything on such a staple of Eastern European cuisine as Vareniki. Strange, isn t it? One of the reasons for this might be that Vareniki are pretty laborious to make (to my mind,

As I was testing a recipe that required quite a bit of freshly squeezed orange juice that I extracted with the juicer, I ended up with a nice amount of orange pulp and did not want to throw it out. So I started to think what I could do with it all. Here i

My Chiffon Cake inspired by Poh's Orange Chiffon Cake Recipe Chiffon cake . I love this cake but every time I attempt to make it again it makes me nervous. The reason? Well I have had epic failures baking the chiffon cake. How many failures?