Nippon Catering bentos
Today was the first time I came into the office (1580 Makaloa St, across from Ala Moana) before 11:00 a.m., and at around 10:30, to my surprise and glee, there came a knock at the door, and a muffled...
View ArticleCooking Adventures!
Today Julia (a good friend of mine from high school) came over for some sketching fun and lunch (plus dessert). Here is what we made: Mirin-glazed salmon, a Nigella Lawson recipe that I modified to...
View ArticleWriting Tools by Roy Peter Clark (and Green Tea Sherbet)
Inspired by my DW writing buddies to explore the wealth of inspiration that writing books provide, I bought a book. It’s by Roy Peter Clark, and it’s called Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies...
View ArticleBaking as a coping mechanism?
Made from a soft-batch recipe from allrecipes.com. Perfect. Lately I’ve been having a pretty hard and stressful time, for a variety of reasons not appropriate for public consumption. I’ve noticed...
View ArticleSoft chewy raisin cookies
I’m actually not a big fan of cookies, mostly because aside from The Cookie Corner cookies, I find most store-bought cookies horribly boring, not chewy enough, too sweet, or too chocolatey. Chocolate...
View ArticleFood: Vietnamese Banh Cuon
Nothing’s as good as a dish of banh cuon in the morning. There’s this one stand in the marketplace, and when I’m in Vietnam I eat their banh cuon pretty much every other day. Nothing beats fresh...
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