Lola was here for a brief vacation. Finally! After over 6 or 7 years of no visit.
She and my YS (youngest sister) came last Thursday for a week’s visit. Last Thursday was also the start of the August heatwave. Such timing!
My mom has just turned 78 years old last month. She’s not as agile and nimble [...]
Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Family Visit + Cooking = Eating Frenzy
Posted in Food, family on Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Oh, Those Yummy Blueberries!
Posted in Food on Sunday, August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What’s an apple doing with the bunch of blueberries?
The two apple trees in the backyard are full of apples getting ready to ripen up. Fall will feature apple pies.
Unfortunately for the blueberries, I haven’t had a chance to make blueberry pies. Everyone had been munching and snacking on them fast enough that there’s never enough [...]
Goat Curry
Posted in Food on Saturday, August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was yearning for Indian food. I was yearning for fatty, fat, fat food. My mind would not rest until I fulfill that urge.
So yesterday for lunch, I went to an Indian restaurant. What else!
Ordered Goat Curry. Why? Goat meat is FATTY FAT FAT! But who cares! An Indian food website I just checked out indicated that goat meat [...]
Random Blabbering, Random Visuals (RBRV #1)
Posted in Food, Plants & Garden, books & magazines, pets & animals on Saturday, August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Typical Summer Lunch
I bring this dish to work. It consists of salad greens topped with cold rice noodles with onion, basil, bean sprouts; and best of all…..CRISPY ROAST PORK! Oh my, I’m in such a state of swooning!
A local Vietnamese restaurant has been serving this meal forever, but I just discovered it this summer. The [...]
Chehereeeeee, Cherry Baby!
Posted in Food, Plants & Garden, tagged Pies on Sunday, July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am delighted to say, IT’S CHERRY PIE SEASON!
Last week, I started harvesting cherries. Look at the abundance! The fruits seem be to getting more plentiful each year. This time around I had to use a ladder to reach up the higher branches. After this initial harvest, there’s still plenty for a few more [...]
