recipes

You’ll find me in the kitchen at parties

September 5, 2011 My story

Do you like parties? I’m not talking about the kind of parties where you slip on a little black dress for nightclubs, take shots off a girl’s belly and swing under a disco ball (do those things still exist?).  I’m talking about big, celebratory events like birthday parties, graduation parties, baby showers, bridal showers, etc. [...]

Tagged as: alcohol, baked good, baking, beer, chocolate, coconut, cupcakes, dessert, icing, SFSmarties

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Foodbuzz 24 x 24: 5 Pies, 1 Hand, Much Booze

August 28, 2011 dinner event

I got a nasty scare Friday night. I called my parents as I do almost every evening, and my dad told me that my mother’s heart was palpitating. My mom has had minor heart palpitations ever since she was 13, but it’s been getting worse since she’s gotten older and hit menopause. The palpitations last [...]

Tagged as: alcohol, apple, banana, beer, butter, chocolate, napa cabbage, pie, pork, rosemary, salsa, seafood, shitake, shrimp, tofu, vegetarian

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A camping trip with rice-cookers and no s’mores

August 11, 2011 My story

While I was interviewing the awesome kids for the L.A. Times Summer Camp Campaign articles (check them out and please donate if you can…and yes I’m pimping!), I realized that I was hearing all these wonderful stories on how summer camp helped them, but I myself have never experienced a real camping trip before. Oh, [...]

Tagged as: baked good, baking, bars, chocolate, coconut, cookies, dessert, graham cracker, granola, marshmallow, oats

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I’m a legit Lady now!

August 9, 2011 Los Angeles

I went to the hair salon yesterday. And I felt like a barbarian entering a cosmopolitan, civilized world. Okay, visiting a hair salon probably is a regular thing for some of you, but it was the first time I visited a professional hair salon by myself without my mom or aunt to decide everything for [...]

Tagged as: Asian, chicken, chinese, noodles, rice, soup

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This is Not a Chinaman Dish

August 2, 2011 Los Angeles

I was watching the movie Crash yesterday. (Picture source) I received the DVD via Netflix and it had been sitting on my dresser for two weeks. I somehow forgot that I had actually watched it once before; I rented it because apparently it was a good glimpse into the Los Angeles ethnic scene and I [...]

Tagged as: cucumbers, gochugaru, Korean, miso, noodles, rice, sesame seeds, spicy, summer, tofu

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Kissing the Topless Mermaid Goodbye

July 31, 2011 My story

Summer vacation started more than two months ago, but I feel like it just started for me. I am right now giddy with anticipation for all the things I can finally do with the three weeks worth of free time in my hands. It feels a bit weird, however, to leave the Los Angeles Times [...]

Tagged as: hibiscus, tea

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