Food
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Spicy Squid
This was supposed to be my Lasang Pinoy 6 entry, but the move just proved too hectic for me to sit down and write anything about it. It’s spicy squid! Maybe one of these days I’ll edit this to post… Continue reading
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Heart Healthy: Corn Salad
Recipe tomorrow! Continue reading
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Heart Healthy: Peach Bread Pudding
6 peaches, peeled, pitted and chopped1/2 cup maple syrup, apple juice concentrate, or honey (or to taste)3 tablespoons lemon juice1 teaspoon cinnamon1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg1 1-pound sourdough loaf, torn apart and “stalified” (let stand for a day so it… Continue reading
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Brazil Exploration: Empadinhas de Bacalhau
This recipe comes from Margarette de Andrade’s Brazilian Cookery (an excellent book, and the one to buy if you only can have one book on Brazilian food). She lived in Brazil for over 40 years, and the book is very… Continue reading
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Brazil Exploration: Bolinhos de Bacalhau
Today we start a culinary adventure to Brazil! The kids and I are doing a month-long exploration, so I thought I’d do it through food as well. Oftentimes when we do our country unit studies we do it for a… Continue reading
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Lasang Pinoy 7: Almusal (Breakfast): A Trio of Silogs
Tapsilog When I was a child, tapa, tosino and longganisa weren’t usually part of our breakfast routine. I preferred pan americano or pan de sal, slathered with Dari Creme. If rice was served, it’s usually with reheated leftovers from last… Continue reading
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Heart Healthy #2: Tabbouleh
The first time I tasted tabbouleh it was not at the hands of a Lebanese chef, or even a Lebanese. It was a Filipina who was co-owner of a Mediterranean restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri’s Central West End. Hubby and… Continue reading
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The Easiest Lobster Dish You’ll Make
It was supposed to be a labor-intensive dish to celebrate St. Honorat’s feastday. St. Honorat(us) founded a monastery in France — the place is now called Ile St. Honorat — and the dish associated with him that Ernst Schuegraf (Cooking… Continue reading
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
Today, my kids and I are reading about Martin Luther King, Jr., so we’ve cooked up some African-American dishes to go with our studies: greens and beans! There are LOTS of African-American dishes that we love, esp. pickled shrimp, crab… Continue reading
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Comments working again
Sorry, guys. Haven’t had much time to tinker with the template. At least the comments area is fixed now. Though I loved that fall theme I think this year my goal will be lean and mean — I thought at… Continue reading