Recipes
Margherita Pizza with Basil
After I finished my Master’s degree in 2014, one of the first recreational things I did was to take a pizza cooking lesson at Opal by Gordon Ramsay. The lesson itself was a little disappointing because there wasn’t really anything to do other than watch the chef and listen to him while he made the ...
Khao Ob Sapparod
(Baked Rice with Pineapple)
This recipe came from the ‘Thailand the Beautiful’ cookbook, which is considered an excellent cookbook on Thai cuisine. I actually got lucky with this one, it’s currently not in print, but I was lucky enough to stumble across it in a used bookstore while I was visiting Bangkok for a friend’s wedding. Overall, I liked the ...
Snowballs
When I was young, Christmas signaled a break from school, gifts under the tree, and mom’s snowballs. Every year I’d look forward to snowballs at Christmas, eating them as quickly as mom would make them. One year during Christmas break, I came home to a house suspiciously devoid of snowballs. I had a glass of juice, and ...
Asparagus Risotto
This is another recipe from the Fabiolous Cooking Day cookbook. I already went into a lot of detail about my cooking lesson in Rome in the porcini mushroom risotto blog post, so there’s no need to repeat all that. The asparagus risotto has its own story anyway. Asparagus risotto was the first risotto I ever made, ...
Chocolate and Avocado Mousse
I’m two weeks into my preparation for the Heilbronn Triathlon. So far everything is going well. I’m using the beginner’s Olympic training plan from Joel Friel’s excellent book, ‘Your First Triathlon’. Even if you aren’t into triathlons, I’d recommend reading the motivation chapter in the book. I’ve enjoyed it quite a bit and have re-read ...
The Internet!
(Indomie Telnur Kornet)
During my trip to Indonesia this past summer I added three cookbooks to my collection. Two were by Indonesian celebrity chefs and the 3rd was called Jakarta Street food. The book appealed because RS and her brother took me to a night market in Jakarta to try some of the street food and it was ...