This is the dish to cook when people are milling in the kitchen, the TV is on in the background, and someone has been thoughtful enough to open a nice bottle of sauvignon blanc. A lot of the cooking shows…
The Moon and A Poem
While the primary purpose of the website’s about recipes, I have put “writing and life” in the description. That’s also part of what I’m hoping to pass on to my daughter. So, here’s some writing — a haiku. I enjoy…
The Road Less Traveled
What got me thinking about Robert Lee Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” was a reunion with old friends. I was the least successful amongst a group of strong individuals. That shouldn’t bother me, but … I always thought Frost’s poem…
All Your Tinned Fruit & Peach Cobbler
Growing up the child of working class migrant parents in the ’70s, a bowl of tinned peaches with vanilla ice-cream seemed like the height of sophistication. I still love tinned peaches. The beauty with this cobbler recipe is that it’s…
Beauty Of An Old Faded Recipe
The Japanese term wabi-sabi explains what I love about the old, faded recipe in the photo below. Wabi is about the beauty of “less is more”, including of having less, and of being grateful for a simpler life. It’s about…
Good Old Pan-Fried Fish and Roasted Vegetables
A meal of “plain”, “simple” fish and vegetables is like a breath of fresh [sea] air! We’re lucky to be able to access and eat a wide variety of different cuisines. Our palates get used to the exotic and spicy….
Vanilla Cake with Sassy Vanilla Syrup
Why sassy? Because in a world where everything is “flavour innovation”, and “consumer-driven brand line extension”, and “multisensory taste narratives”, it’s a bit radical to market a single flavour hero. Vanilla on vanilla? Come on. But the simplicity of this…
Seeking Eternal [youth] Online (SEO)
Maybe you, too, have tried to launch a website from scratch? I’ve a notebook by the side of my keyboard. In it are handwritten notes like: “navigation menus how?”, “recaptcha on forms!!”, “core value”, “focus keywords”, “excluded by noindex tag…
