December 2011

Weekend ED Series: How cooking helped my eating disorder recovery

December 30, 2011 eating disorders

******* A day and a half left till New Years! I’ve got a bottle of wine ready to pop the moment the clock clicks midnight here in Los Angeles. Not as eventful, considering that the ball in New York City would already have dropped three hours beforehand. I hope everyone is done nursing their Christmas [...]

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Korean Candied Sweet Potatoes

December 28, 2011 My story

When I was young and growing up in Singapore, there were always a few days in the week in which my parents left my siblings and me at home to attend church services or visit a congregant in need. They would assign us some “homework” to do, and remind us to tuck into bed by [...]

Tagged as: brown sugar, fried, honey, Korea, oil, sesame seeds, snack, sweet potatoes

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And that’s how we do Christmas

December 26, 2011 dinner event

I know that all of you who have celebrated Christmas and attended Christmas parties are still clutching your swinging food bellies, still groaning for the night (or day)’s festivity to subside from your system. So if it’s torture for you to view another “Look at my Christmas gluttony!!” post, this post is not for you. [...]

Tagged as: christmas, dessert, dinner, hanukkah, Italian, Jewish, pasta, racial

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Christmas Cookie Exchange Party

December 23, 2011 dinner event

My friend Tracy’s parents were gone to Hawaii for a week, so she did the most appropriate thing for a girl left alone at a big house in the Hollywood hills: throw a party. But since we’re no longer in high school and fascinated by the idea of irresponsible drinking and sex, the party was [...]

Tagged as: christmas, coffee, cookies, wine

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Invitation to The Secret Fork

December 21, 2011 blog meet-up

I must have done something right, because I got invited to a secret event downtown last Saturday. Actually, okay, I didn’t do anything. My friend Marilyn, who works for LA Canvas, got the invitation and I tagged along as her plus-one. But no matter—it was a semi-private market situated at an undisclosed area very, very [...]

Tagged as: brownies, business, cupcakes, dessert, downtown, local, Los Angeles, mole, Secret Fork, tamale, vendors

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Weekend ED Series: Wasting time wasting away with an eating disorder

December 18, 2011 eating disorders

***** I know I’ve been lazy in updating my Weekend ED series. Sometimes I get writer’s block. Sometimes I just can’t bring myself to talk about more serious things without feeling like I’m faking it. It’s easier to slam out a post about food than it is to write about my past and eating disorder [...]

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