Eating post three-O
On my last birthday, I wrote on angst of all birthdays after turning the big three-O. The birthdays after graduating with my doctorate have som...
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Adult Grilled Cheese Sandwich
After learning how to boil eggs, most of us learn how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. As a kid we loved this simple sandwich made by two pieces ...
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An American Vietnamese Deli
Song Que is a Vietnamese deli and mini-mart in the Eden Center, a Vietnamese American strip mall in Falls Church Virginia, a few miles outside ...
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Mignon: Chocolate in Eggshell
Mignon is a brand of chocolate filled in a real egg shell. Mignon is traditional Finnish Easter confectionery made by Fazer, one of largest food co...
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Mad Men and Mad Drinks
Mad Men depicts the evolving social mores in the 1960s America and also hs familiarized the whole new generation with some of the classic cocktail ...
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Downton Abbey Etiquette Files
Downton Abbey is a TV drama of British aristocracy set approximately 100 years before today. Downton’s characters, full of proper etiquettes, of...
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Cilantrofic fish tacos
I usually don't make recipes that I see on the TV. After watching Alton Brown making fish taco (recipe here) in Good Eats, I jumped right in to construct similar fish tacos made from pan grilled fish doused in cilantro. I love cilantro and usually don't like authentic fried fish in fish tacos. Al...
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Making Vegetarian Momo
Momo is my favorite food. For those who don’t know about momo, it’s a very similar to Chinese potstickers/dumplings or Japanese gyōza. To be honest, I was quite conflicted either to call my dish, momo or gyōza or dumplings, before writing this post. Other words are probably understood more ...
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Roasting tomatoes
Usually tomato vendors in any local farmers market sell slightly damaged organic tomatoes at a huge discount. Most of these tomatoes have small bruises due to transportation. I love getting these tomatoes for my sauce or to use as a base ingredient in my future dishes. Since I can’t store them ...
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Pomelo Salad
One of my favorite salads growing up in Nepal was Pomelo (Chinese grapefruit) salad made in a similar style as coleslaw. However, instead of a mayonnaise-based dressing, which is used in coleslaw, pomelo salad has a yogurt based dressing. The pomelo salad is known as Bhogatee Sadeko in Nepali, w...
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Gourmet Chicken Alfredo
Instead of regular souvenirs or chocolates, my sister B'dee and cousin P'gya got this foodie a bag of Pasta from Europe. They brought me garganelli pasta, a rolled tube shaped pasta with resemblance to penne pasta. Garganelli pasta were naturally flavored with beet root, spinach, blueberry, tom...
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Pita Pizzas
Like many people, I love pizza - my favorite is thin crust pizza. Making pizza is time consuming and eating it daily may be somewhat unhealthy – unless it’s a single serving of pizza made with...
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The best Jalebi in the world
If above Jalebi video does not play, click here. Everyday in Delhi, I ate Jalebi from a roadside stall close to where I was staying. Jalebi is a thin pretzel shaped pastry made from leavened...
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Maggi Microwave Medley
Maggi microwave medley (3M) is my standard way of cooking any packet noodle (e.g. Ramen, Wai Wai). I like using Maggi Masala because I love the spice sachet inside it (Maggi's version of curry...
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Chipotle chili verde
Two days ago, I finally unwrapped a slow cooker that I had received as gift more than four years ago. Slow cooking chili verde seemed like ideal meal to serve my visiting family – something new...
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A tale of two barbeque chicken sandwiches
I love barbeque. For me, that exceptional mix of spices and ketchup always delivers. So when I was offered the opportunity to experience experimentation in barbeque chicken, I jumped at the...
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