Oh, silly mother for showing up with stawberries and little, store-bought sponge cakes then forgetting them when she left. A little homemade buttercream, some warmed preserves and I have a feast! A feast of sugar! BWAHAHAHHAAAAH! *coughs* Ahh, ouch!
Made my first ever re-fried beans! I basically just decided to try stuff until it worked instead of finding a decent recipe, but it turned out great!
We tried something a little different this year. We thought it would be fun to do something that’s done in Japan these days, and that’s Kentucky Fried Chicken for Christmas! My sis and I had a rare and welcome Christmas alone, which meant parade and movies, lighting the Christmas tree and [...]
How do we not have this in America? That’s all I can think as I poke around this awesome website for a hog roast hire business in the UK called Parkers. The idea is that you can hire Parkers to come and cater your function or event and, for about the [...]
We did a little heavy lifting yesterday and rewarded ourselves with a visit to Dos Chiquitas Mexican Restaurante in Bethany, Missouri. The first thing you notice about Dos Chiquitas is the great lighting in the building. Unlike China King, and some other small but great chow stops, Dos Chiquitas has softer, [...]
Poppa’s Family Restaurant is a little lunch and dinner joint out on the highway that’s run by people I’ve known through my mother’s church for something like 17 years, but I haven’t eaten there all that often. I have to admit that I haven’t had a great experience there in the [...]
As you may know if you know me personally (since I can’t stop gushing), Laota and I purchased our first Asian Food Grocer package in almost two years this month, and it’s been agony waiting the 6 days for it to get here! We followed it closely on the FedEx [...]
Here’s something I haven’t had in a long, long time that I’d love to get my hands on for pot stickers – goat meat! In fact, I’ve only ever had it once or twice but it was fabulous! I’m actually reading the recipes on this website, all of which seem [...]
