a tiny square of birthday cake? i’ll make do. ::::   Cake in all permutations is more prevalent in my peripheral vision these days. I suppose it’s about the chase without the catch. I’m a very picky cake eater, but I with the restriction on carby-sugary desserts to naught right now, even a boxed cake [...]

doppelgänger :::: You are going to accuse me of duplication. This coffee tapioca looks very reminiscent of the coffee gelée I made in the past. I was immediately attracted to the tapioca for one selfish reason:  to clean out my cupboard. Just like the coffee gelee, you can top it with Greek yogurt instead of the [...]

portland, oregon – time to eat! :::: This post is all about the trip Eat and I took to Portland, Oregon for the weekend without the kids earlier this month, but it’s also about trying out Instagram for all my photos ops there. While I have some technical know-how, I’m not savvy enough (or have [...]

DayGlo of the 1980s, right here in your food :::: Fashion comes and goes. It never fails in hindsight that we realize that some of our fashion choices are just ridiculous. I remember being a teenager in the 1980s and never thinking what we wore seemed silly (side ponytails? pegged jeans? starched Polo collars?), with [...]

taiwan, right here :::: I first visited Taiwan in 1997, when Eat and I were newly engaged, so that we would meet some of the distant relatives and have a mini family reunion with his mother’s side of the family. Eat tested my on my chopstick use before the trip: I passed, even with wily, [...]

peanut butter toast and pickles: 1 starch + 1 protein + free = this could be a light breakfast :::: While I have never been one to turn away from a good dessert, I am certainly not obsessed. I’ve learned to appreciate the amuse bouche  for sweets. I don’t have to eat sugar every day, [...]

be a little overbearing :::: This is not my doing — this is all my mom with a little help with assembly from my brother. I documented this empanada making when we were in Illinois recently, it now resurfacing as the weather chilled a little in California. I must get the use of the oven [...]

*: a nice wild card for cats and drinks:::: Now that we are just stepping into spring, I am already anticipating the summer heat, magnified certainly by being in my third trimester during the summer months. And I am immersed in some relaxation now in foresight. After moving to California almost three years ago, just [...]

awesome but a little melancholy :::: A few months ago, M&M, Grub’s godparents, moved away to Southern California start new jobs. We were sad to see them go, seeing as they enjoyed the kids’ company, were a couple with whom we could have intelligent conservations, and provided Eat with social time at their former workplace. [...]

a pink lady flashback with some bad English lip-syncing and a language barrier :::: It was Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box of fruit that I succumbed to this week. We were happily innudated with blood oranges, Navels, squat mandarins, a perfect avocado, and some Pink Lady apples. Peach and Grub have eaten most of the [...]