Archive for 'food'
Hitachino White Ale: beer for the lightweight
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by sheila.
Hoppy? Malty? Say what? The key words I need to hear from a bartender when ordering beer are pale ale and fruity. Really, just tell me it’s light beer and I’ll drink it. Hitachino White Ale is one of my favorite special beers that my boyfriend discovered when we had dinner at Campanile. When the [...]
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Recipe | Mint Citrusade: a trio of lemon, lime and calamansi
Posted on 09. Jun, 2009 by sheila.
I’m not a very outdoorsy person but one of my happy places is sitting outside in the shade on a breezy day with a cool drink in hand and a massive bbq spread on the table. Never mind that the bugs attack me even though the citronella candle is a foot away or that I [...]
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Recipe | Snacking on Apples & Nutella
Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by sheila.
During my health nut phase, I ate a lot of peanut butter and apples as my healthy snack. But one day I was reaching for the peanut butter in the pantry and I saw the Nutella jar sitting innocently right next to it. Hmm, I thought. I slathered on the Nutella and it was even [...]
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Recipe | Hawaiian-Inspired Chocolate Cupcakes
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by sheila.
I volunteered to bake cupcakes for a friend’s baby shower and got instantly inspired when I found out her favorite flower is from her home state of Hawaii: the plumeria. Opportunities like these push me to try new recipes and it was also a chance for me to finally play with fondant. I know most [...]
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Recipe | Sweet & Sour dessert: Balsamic Strawberries with Vanilla Ice Cream
Posted on 28. May, 2009 by sheila.
When I first heard about balsamic strawberries with ice cream, I was really curious about this combination and I thought it’s so weird that it’s got to be good. Surprisingly, once you put that syrupy balsamic vinegar into the vanilla ice cream it almost tastes like chocolate sauce. It’s like an elevated sundae! Because I’m [...]
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Hotdogless Memorial Day
Posted on 25. May, 2009 by sheila.
We celebrated the long weekend with a bbq over my parents’ house and I can always count on the fact that they will go all out. I don’t think burgers and hot dogs even exist in my mom’s mental rolodex of foods to bbq. It would probably be under “afternoon snack” or “children’s party”. For [...]
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Kit Kat Asia
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by sheila.
When my parents asked what I wanted from their trip to Hong Kong, I only had one request: green tea Kit Kats. I knew my chances were slim since they really come from Japan but I was hopeful. They’re close enough, right? My mom couldn’t find them but being the mom that she is, she [...]
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Prettea: the blooming tea
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by sheila.
This bundle of tea looks like a weird hairy mushroom but once you add water it will slowly bloom…
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My kind of Lady
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by sheila.
Michelle Obama and I have one very important thing in common: But she would eat the fries every day if she could. “They are my favorite food in the whole wide world,” she said. “I could live on French fries.” – NY Times Me too! Mrs. Obama, let’s chat about the versatility of J.Crew cardigans [...]
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Tommy Jr., surely you jest
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by sheila.
I was innocently reading about macrobiotic meals in the LA Times’ Food section today and my junk-food-loving-eyes diverted to the ad above. What!? It all seemed like a joke. The chili goodness of Original Tommy’s World Famous Hamburgers now comes in a box, excuse me, “brick” at my local grocery store? I love me some [...]
