I’m currently vacationing in the East Coast with my best friend and last night we made a scrumptious meal. Before we head out to New Hampshire and Vermont today, I wanted to share the recipes we found from a couple of our favorite blogs and the photos of our creations. First we made an asparagus, [...]
One of my new year’s resolutions is to try my hands at 10 Vietnamese recipes. I’m of Vietnamese descent and am almost too embarrassed to admit that the only Vietnamese dishes I’ve made were just my piggyback riding on my mom’s cooking. The mental roadblock that has kept me from just diving in, is that [...]
The Austin Food Bloggers Alliance is hosting a great event, inviting members to blog and raise awareness of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, and the community effort fostered by the Capital Area Food Bank to fight hunger in Austin. I thought I’d showcase a low cost dish that [...]
Two nights ago, I checked my calendar to see when the last time I cooked something was. It was August 31. Almost an entire month of no dabbling in the kitchen. Inspired by my embarrassing inactivity and my New Year’s Resolution of trying 20 new recipes, I attempted my 16th new recipe of the year, [...]
So funny story about cream of tartar is that it’s an ingredient called for when I attempted to make menrigues. Being a novice baker (and cook), I’ve never worked with Cream of Tartar before and did not know where to look in the grocery store. Guess where I started looking? The dairy section! I mean… [...]
I was flipping through a wonderful cookbook I won at TECHmunch from Jaden Hair from SteamyKitchen.com. Her book, The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook is very engaging! I usually get bored with cookbooks as most of them do not have enough pictures. Jaden, who called herself a very visual person during her talk at TECHmunch, has proved [...]
One of my favorite blogs (Jordan Reid at NonSociety) is no longer online. Saddens me greatly not only because I have always enjoyed her updates, but also I lost the bookmark to her avocados and potatoes salad recipe. I tested the recipe and hadn’t had a chance to share it on the blog yet (sharing [...]
Here is Part One. As stated in Part One, Bánh Cuốn (directly translates to “rolled cake”) is rice crepes rolled with minced pork and wood ear mushrooms. Apparently, it’s traditionally eaten as breakfast food but I could eat it any time of day. You dip it in a special dipping sauce and it’s usually garnished [...]
I know this may be obvious as I’m a Vietnamese American girl, but I really enjoy Vietnamese cuisine. I don’t get to eat it enough. Austin has an abysmal selection of Vietnamese restaurants in comparison to Houston. I think my personal appetite for Vietnamese food has finally pushed me to start learning how to cook [...]
I’ve been meaning to make these Oreo truffles after reading about them on a few baking blogs. I kept forgetting about them until Jordan Reid blogged the easiest recipe for Oreo truffles I’ve seen. I made a day out of it on Saturday. No joke, it took me 4 hours to make them and about [...]