This isn’t a post about watching a puffball explode. It’s about eating it.
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Cold brewing my own coffee
Sometimes, when I can tell what I’ll be craving for breakfast the day before, I’ll make a small batch of cold brew coffee. Nothing fancy. I’ll just let coffee grounds steep in the Fresh press in the refrigerator overnight and enjoy iced cold brew coffee in the morning. Cold brew coffee tastes smoother and less […]
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Failed champorado equals okay tsokolate
This may look like a delicious chocolatey drink topped with powdered milk, but it is actually the result of a failed experiment. I was trying to make champorado, but didn’t have malagkit, so I used brown rice. This resulted in forever al dente rice swimming hot cocoa. Now I know why using sticky rice is […]
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Canned goods as agents of plausible deniability
It’s a lot of mental and physical labor, labor I don’t always have the time, energy, and sometimes resources to spare, but it’s necessary if I want to take responsibility for this aspect of my life.
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Why have my cooking skills been degenerating? A reminder to be kind to myself
It’s true what they say: your state of mind affects your cooking. I’m usually fairly confident about my limited cooking skills, but that doesn’t seem to be the case lately as my dishes have been less than stellar. Pasta is rubbery, the sauce drying on the noodle, eggs have been hit or miss. I keep […]
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Fruit was my childhood lesson on seasonality
Learning with your mind is different from learning with your stomach. While my eyes and ears and nose and skin measured seasons by what I could sense with my five senses, my stomach measured the year by what fruits appeared on the table.
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Homemade sourdough from a friend
You never know if an acquaintance will remain an acquaintance, or if they’ll end up being a friend.
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The joy of eating someone else’s home cooking
The action implies that someone specifically made time to make food for you-they shopped, prepped, and cooked for you. We tend to take this for granted, especially when we’re used to having dishes magically appear in front of us during mealtimes courtesy of a family member or the help.
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How I think of myself isn’t necessarily how other people think of me
We all have an image of ourselves in our heads that may or may not correspond with reality. Mine is that I’m a loner who doesn’t have any friends. This pandemic is showing how wrong I am. I’ve been catching up with friends online, and some of them have even been sending me care packages. […]
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A friend dropped off fresh vegetables
A friend dropped off these carrots, along with salad greens, arugula, Swiss chard, and spearmint from Papaya Tree Farms. This friend was the first friend I made in the agriculture industry, back when I was a food writer who wanted to focus on food security but didn’t know how to go about it. How we […]
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