Summer wouldn’t be summer without heat waves, and road trips. Many a summer during university was spent at beach missions, which were a brilliant way to spend a week or so of January, but the drive there was excruciating. I made many good, lasting friendships along the way, one friend in particular whose car was…
The first time I tasted this dish, it was my first weekend in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. We’d been to church, and afterwards friends took me for dinner to a food court near the famous night market and recommended I begin my Thai food adventure with Kao Pad Kai, or Chicken Fried Rice. I ordered,…
It’s dessert, but I’m calling it breakfast! Ever since Karen began blogging about food allergies, my interest has been growing and expanding about how widespread these allergies are, and how many people suffer with them. Several, nay, many of my friends have to deal on a daily basis with a restricted diet, with allergies or…
I love perfect rice. There is nothing that brings me quite as much satisfaction as being able to create a pot of what I call, “perfect” rice. It’s just rice cooked by the absorption method; but when it works it’s perfect. And for something that cooks without intervention and is ready to go after 20…