January 2010
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I've been otherwise engaged.
I know I’ve been a bit blogging delinquent for the last few weeks. I hope you can forgive me; I’ve been otherwise engaged… literally! And since there’s nothing my sweetie and I like better than a good challenge, we’ve set the date less than 3 months away. So, that’s been eating most of my time. (Argh, engagement clearly brings out my inner punster.)
Which...
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Q.T. Vietnamese Sandwiches
For many years, I denied myself bánh mi, because I have a simple rule regarding changes to a dish.
If you want one thing changed, that’s ok; if you want more than one thing changed, order something else.
In addition to the meat, shredded carrots, jalapeño and paté, banh mi is served with two of my traditional food enemies, cilantro and cucumber. Yes, I know you love them and think they...
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Stocking up: chocolate chip cookies!
Come winter, stocking homemade cookie dough in your freezer is a game-changer for folks with a sweet tooth. Those times when you were craving something sweet, but the thought of schlepping down to Wawa was giving you frostbite? In the past! A hot, fresh chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven is basically the best thing you can ask for on a cold wintry night.
There’s just one...
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Aloe vera bubble tea
I have a well-known fondness for bubble tea. When I first discovered it on a trip to Singapore many years ago, I was drinking multiple teas a day, and there was a brief, brave moment when my sister and I considered opening a bubble tea business. So, when I arrived in Australia, Jane said we had to go to EasyWay and get a passion fruit bubble tea with aloe, which had been recommended to her by...
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Resolutions for 2010
Happy New Year, my dears! It’s resolution time, and a great many resolutions have to do with food. I’m taking the advice of two of my favorite bloggers, and making sure my resolutions are concrete — things that can be clearly separated into done or not done.
I have a generic resolution to eat local. To transform that into concrete plans, I will: join a CSA, shop at Fair...