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Coconut Waffles
Waffles + Coconut = Delicious It wasn’t until after we returned from Hong Kong that I learned that they make their street waffles with coconut milk. I’m seriously willing to hop on a 15-hour flight to go back and try that, but instead I just attempted my own. This is a minor modification of the […] Read More
On Mother’s Day
Missing Mom I shut down on Mother’s Day. I don’t know if it’s because May is also the anniversary of my mother’s death, but Mother’s Day has this amazing knack for stabbing me in the gut day after day in the weeks leading up to it. I open my email each morning to find a […] Read More
Bringing Hong Kong Home
Homemade Potstickers While in Hong Kong, we ate close to our body weight in potstickers. Every night, we’d go to the Dragon Centre and eat our fill. By the time we got home, The Assistant was starting to go through withdrawals. I first tried making them with store-bought wonton wrappers, and you know what? They’re […] Read More
A Few Thoughts on Life
Life in California 1. Last week, I got the chance to speak at a conference in Pacific Grove, California, which is one of the most beautiful spots I’ve ever visited. There’s a waterfront trail that’s so lovely that there’s just no excuse for sleeping in. It’s well worth an early morning walk when the winds […] Read More
Ricotta Gnocchi
Homemade Gnocchi I can’t believe that it’s taken me so long to post this. Months ago, I made the homemade ricotta gnocchi from Bryn at Writes4Food. When I first made it, I was certain that the recipe was a complete failure. The mixture was more soup than dough! I was texting with a colleague in […] Read More
Everything You Eat Will Kill You
GMOs, Organics and Food Choices Someone recently mentioned a post that I wrote years ago about how I didn’t believe in organic stuff, and I thought that I should probably explain. I probably gave less thought to what I ate when I was in my 20s and early 30s. And then I was pregnant with […] Read More
Clean-Out-the-Fridge Pasta
Chicken Apple Sausage Pasta We were heading out for our trip to Hong Kong and I needed to purge the fridge and pantry. I had a mishmash of things that didn’t really go together, and lacked a few key ingredients for regular family favorites. I had chicken apple sausages in the freezer, my go-to meat […] Read More
Hong Kong and Macau in Photos
A Photo Gallery of Hong Kong and Macau Incense spirals in the temple. These were enormous, maybe three feet tall. They advertise that they burn for 7-8 days to bring good luck to your family. Victoria Harbor in the fog and rain. Our view varied between low, foggy cloud ceilings and drenching rain. Pandas at […] Read More
Blueberry Pies
Mini Blueberry Pies I had a free afternoon and picked up The Assistant earlier than usual. “Let’s make blueberry pies!” he shouted in a tone that implied that he had been thinking about this for some time. It’s not exactly blueberry season, but we always have an extensive supply of frozen blueberries on hand for […] Read More
Eating in Asia
Feeding a 7-Year-Old in Asia I have to admit, I was nervous about traveling to Hong Kong and Macau with a 7-year-old boy. The Assistant is a good eater, but it’s one thing to eat something unfamiliar for one meal, and something entirely different to eat unfamiliar foods for all meals. Fortunately, our hotel in […] Read More