i’ve been on a(nother) artichoke craze. i’ve eaten artichoke for 3 out of the last 4 dinners this week. monday: artichoke enoki mushroom white tuna tuesday: artichoke (again) enoki mushroom (again) tuna tartare with avocado wednesday: rice noodle with pork belly thursday: artichoke fuji apple crispix yeah, it’s been a random week.

i added white truffle oil to my artichoke dip today. delicious.

today, i hosted a spontaneous cupcake party to bake these red wine chocolate cupcakes one of my co-workers made for our charity bake sale in july. mmm been craving it ever since. jess, steph, and riddhi came over to help bake up some goodness. g pitched in a little too. here’s some proof that i [...]

sometimes i get sucked back into my past just for kicks and giggles. go through photo albums. watch old videos. some of it is awesome – like finding buried treasure. then other parts it’s like ‘wtf was i thinking’. the only part that is imperative is you learn to let go of those ‘wtf’ moments… [...]

i’ve been on a total cooking rampage. i realized i should have been taking photos, but hey, i’m not a seasoned blogger. i’ve been trying to perfect my egg recipe. the only type of egg i like is a sunnyside/overeasy egg. here are my ingredients: – 1 large egg – pepper – garlic salt (sometimes [...]

this past weekend, my wonderful mother and sister came to visit me in dallas for a day! we chilled, went shopping at tj maxx and cooked dinner! i learned how to make yummy steamed fish (tilapia). YUM. oriana and i also tried our hand at molten lava cake! i bought 4 ramekins at walmart and [...]

i had the most delicious dinner with steph tonight. the last time i visited tei tei, I liked it already… but now this second time made me love it more. we had the: – marinated sea bass (again) – “feed me” roll (again – but it’s different every day!) – agedashi tofu DELICIOUS! i LOVED my [...]

tonight, steph and i put some effort in putting some lessons into practice. steph’s mom was here for the weekend and taught steph a whole ton of good cooking tips. our menu: Brown sticky rice Black bean Eggplant with Pork ‘Clay Pot’ with Green Bean Vermicelli, Pork, Shrimp and Napa Cabbage Steamed Sea Bass with [...]

i always forget to let you know when i’m gone. i’m bad at that – sorry. just got back today from tampa. had loads of fun. ate one good meal (thanks oystercatchers). had the most popular booth at the outback bowl. won $205 profit at the hard rock casino in 2 tries on slots. got [...]

went to the grand opening of pinkberry in dallas tonight. waited 15 minutes for my free small cup of original with raspberries and chocolate chips. i forgot how good pinkberry was. now i remember. it also pays off to follow companies on twitter. more here.