It’s Day 4. What’s new? Cloudy, dribbly BC-style. But there’s just something about this cloudy-dribbly day. I hate to say it. It’s beautiful. So it’s brunch time. When it’s cold out, I crave for hot. Hankering for some wild Indian spices, we sped off to D.C. (Dosa Corner). Lamb curry X-TRA spicy was highly recommended …
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Hi there! Welcome to Part 11. Thank you for (re)visiting As it Cooks. 🙂 Long time, no blog. No blog, no fun. But it’s a can’t do it all, can’t have it all world, folks. Truth is I’ve been having a blast since the summer break began. A much needed break for sure. I’m a …
When the good old faithful alarm went off this morning, I thought “It’s here!” The much awaited Friday of all Fridays, folks! Friday, 5th, 2017. Wrapped everything up around 4:30 P.M., I cleared my office desk, and walked home along the deserted parking lot of the campus. Yes, I was feeling mentally exhausted yet excited. …
I was swamped! These past couple of weeks, I found myself at the bottleneck of the semester — can’t live, can’t die kind of a time. Me? Workaholic? Hehe, yea, kinda. Everything’s got to be just so. My international students mean a lot to me. So here I am like Arney, the Terminator. It feels …
Yikes! As it Cooks is 1, folks! Here’s my question for you. How did you or how would you celebrate your blog’s first anniversary? There are a few options. Nothing fancy. Bear in mind, it’s going to be in the Great Plains. Option 1: An inviting piece 0f dark chocolate and a juicy, fluffy raspberry …
Armed with a pair of thick-lensed glasses and a steady hand, my late father would grab a ready-for-the-pot pasture-raised hen or a rooster on certain Sunday mornings. Watching the rather cruel fowl raid, the rest of the hen gang would raise a ruckus! I wasn’t a happy camper. Our home-raised, pretty chicks were my pets. …
When I think of noodles, the thought of my late tiger mom’s old-fashioned, peasanty stir-fried “mee hoon”(thin rice noodles) comes to mind. They were just down-to-earth, and super delicious! In a hot wok, she’d toss the noodles with garlic, onions, bean sprouts, thin soy sauce, her very-own pasture-raised eggs, and fresh-off-the-boat prawns. Often she’d pack …
Happy Valentine’s Day, darlings! I’m not really a big Valentine’s Day person. Gifts come and go. But memories linger. This might sound a little cheesy, but I do thrive on love, affection, thoughtfulness, caringness, and humor. Just knowing that I Love and I’m LOVED sweetens my day. Like sunshine. Like this pretty homemade moist Malaysian …
After an evening of great galbi, we woke up to a lazy, pre-Valentine’s Day Sunday morning. So what’s next? How about breakfast at Tee’s? No, nothing expensive Think Comfort food + Romantic + Pleasurable + FAST. During the brain-storming session, Mr. Chi-Town and I kept coming back again and again to the one-and-only superstar of …
Hi, I’m back! Want to know what happened to my Get Your Kicks Galbi? They’re all gone… But I have the recipe! I can make it any time I want. You can make it any time you want, too. But before that, shall we get back to the question I last left you with? So which is …