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Mini Fruit Cheesecakes Read more here.

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Mini Fruit Cheesecakes

Spicy Banana Frittersadapted from Chef Ed Cotton of Top Chef...

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:35:00 -0700

Spicy Banana Fritters

Dry ingredients

Bananas

Brush with chili paste

Mix in wet ingredients

Mix batter until incorporated

Spicy Banana Fritters
adapted from Chef Ed Cotton of Top Chef Season 7

Bananas:
Large bananas cut into bite size pieces (1-2″)
Sriracha, Sambal Oelek or similar chili paste
wooden skewers for serving

Batter:
2 C. flour
2 Tbs black and white sesame seeds
1 tsp. baking powder
3 Tbs sugar
salt to taste
1 TBS honey
2 L eggs
2 C. of hoppy pale ale

Dusting:
Cinnamon sugar (1:2::cinnamon:sugar)

2 cups of vegetable oil heated to 350 degrees

Prep bananas.
1. Cut and peel bananas.
2. Brush with chili paste.

Mix batter.
1. Mix dry ingredients of batter.
2. Add wet ingredients and mix until incorporated. Do not overmix! Mix like you would pancake batter. Set aside.

Dip the banana pieces in batter to coat and drop into heated oil. Move banana fritters in oil to promote even browning. Fry until golden brown. Transfer on towel-lined plate to remove excess oil. About a minute after, put fritters in serving plates and dust with cinnamon sugar.
Serve while crispy.

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Reflections of Last Night and a Mystery Ingredient! Escargot?...

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:22:08 -0700

MYSTERY INGREDIENT!

Reflections of Last Night and a Mystery Ingredient!

Escargot? Rotini? Take a guess!

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Why Cook Well: Of Good Food and Bourdain’s Knife

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:46:00 -0700

(An essay for Anthony Bourdain’s Medium Raw! Challenge.)

It is my dream of being in a chef’s uniform that drives me to cook better. I don’t want to sound like a hardcore feminist but one of the reasons why I want to cook well is to prove that women can, well, cook well! That apart from homecooking, I can excel and one day go up the ranks in a professional kitchen — a feat that statistically more men than women have accomplished. I want to cook well because I want to be a chef, a successful female chef!

BUT does moving up from being dishwasher girl to being the prep slave mean you are a step closer to cooking good food? Does professional ranking make you a good cook?

[…]

Read more here and vote for me! :)

Anthony Bourdain’s Medium Raw Challenge

The best ramen house in Vancouver, BC… Benkei Noodle...

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:32:00 -0700

The best ramen house in Vancouver, BC… Benkei Noodle House!

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My Thai Day

Chicken satay

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My Thai Day Summer rolls w/ peanut sauce Read more here.

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My Thai Day

Summer rolls w/ peanut sauce

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My Thai Day Tom yum goong Read more here.

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My Thai Day

Tom yum goong

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Spicy Miso Ramen Read more here.

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:05:05 -0700

Spicy Miso Ramen

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Raspberry Cheesecake So good it’s almost psychedelic. Read...

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:22:05 -0700

Raspberry Cheesecake

So good it’s almost psychedelic.

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Apricot Jam Click here to read more.

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:00:00 -0700

Apricot Jam

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My humble herb garden. :) I have sweet basil, rosemary, thyme,...

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:02:00 -0700

My humble herb garden. :)

I have sweet basil, rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano and curly parsley.

Our new magnetic spice rack!

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:54:26 -0700

Our new magnetic spice rack!

No Reservations For A Medium Raw Sweet Life in Paris

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:57:41 -0700

What I want right now are these:

1. David Lebovitz’s The Sweet Life in Paris; and
2. Anthony Bourdain’s Medium Raw

I’ve been reading David Lebovitz’s blog for some time now and I will be running out of things to read by, maybe, the end of the week.

And No Reservations has been a daily staple on the telly. Isn’t “daily staple” redundant? Whatever. Watching Bourdain is like listening to an audiobook, only with a video documentation of his excessive praises on the pig, […]

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Laying Down My Arms I found solace on the island in the middle...

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:21:39 -0700

Laying Down My Arms

I found solace on the island in the middle of our kitchen, which is the prep table. I could stand for 10 hours straight just chopping, mixing, tasting - a habit that my mother doesn’t fully comprehend. All she understands is that it’s what I call passion.

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When Life Gives You Lemons… Chili con carne You know...

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:10:00 -0700

When Life Gives You Lemons… Chili con carne

You know this saying that goes, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”? There’s also this saying that goes, “When life gives you pinto beans, make chili.”

Didn’t know about that? Now you know. It’s not those canned beans. I’m talking about the dry, unprocessed ones. Two posts ago I prepped them for cooking. The day after that, I cooked them as a sort of chili.

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An Army of Clean-cut Asparagus Soldiers Prepping the...

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:54:00 -0700

An Army of Clean-cut Asparagus Soldiers

Prepping the Asparagus

Before cooking your asparagus, it’s best to clean and trim them.

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Aside from soaking the beans, you have sort them out into two...

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:56:00 -0700

Aside from soaking the beans, you have sort them out into two (2) categories. One being the good ones and the other, the ugly ones. Good ones go into a bowl to be soaked in water thereafter, and the ugly ones into the trash can. You see, in the world of pinto beans, ugly is not welcome to the party!

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9 months and 101 followers after. Thanks you guys! :)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:17:17 -0700

9 months and 101 followers after. Thanks you guys! :)

Orange-Poppyseed Cupcakes Recipe here. As that is a cake recipe,...

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:40:00 -0700

Orange-Poppyseed Cupcakes

Recipe here. As that is a cake recipe, please cut cooking time to 15-20 minutes. Makes 20-24 cupcakes. :)