After that week-long Singapore break, it was time to finally hang photos and frames around the house and place all the books on the shelves. This took several days of getting everything together and deciding what went where. One of the things we’ve learned from all the moving is that nothing has a permanent place …
We hadn’t prepared anything for Christmas in Marbella this year – no tree, presents bought and sent straight to my sisters’ house in Las Vegas, no food for Christmas dinner. After our unpleasant travel experience last week, we returned home and started to get things ready for Christmas. We managed to get the tree up …
I just received my Amazon order yesterday evening. Along with two Booker prize nominations (AS Byatt and Sarah Waters) plus the winner, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, I also bought two foodie books – David Leibovitz’s The Sweet Life and Bill Granger’s newest cookbook Feed Me Now. It’s been a long time since I’ve actually sat …
Now that the summer is over, I’ve replanted my mini jardin potager (kitchen garden) which I often use to add some freshness to our food. Right now, I have eight small pots of herbs: chives for omelettes fines herbes or added onto boiled new potatoes with melted butter; cilantro for Asian dishes like steamed fish; parsley …
What to do on a mid-week night with the fridge full of leftovers? Yesterday, I started looking through my cookbooks for ideas of recipes using the ingredients I had: cooked corn on the cob + a bunch of cilantro + ground pork for tonight’s stuffed aubergines = Thai corn cakes. It’s a Thai appetizer that’s …
I’ve been meaning to blog all week but one thing led to another and now, it’s Monday and I’m wondering where the last few days went. With two children, a husband and a household to run, the days just whizz by. This is the first quiet moment I’ve had in the office (television off and …
When people come to visit, they usually bring presents from back home. Lots of times it’s food that’s sorely missed or can’t be bought here. From Manila, I always receive ensaimadas (sugar and cheese buns) or bibingka (rice cakes). Sometimes, I get a small bottle of taba ng talangka (crab fat/roe) that I have sauteed …
Travels with a Gourmet 