After more or less 5 months in the hospital, my dad has seemingly taken a liking to American food. He was never one of those who refused to eat anything that wasn't Chinese, but it was all he would ever cook, and I'm pretty sure he could have gone without anything else pretty easily ( Read more... )

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--things are better when I have time to cook, really. I'm on a bit of a carbohydrate kick.


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My final menu decision for Friday night dinner with M: chicken pot pie, rice cooker risotto (with brown rice!), bean salad, and strawberries for dessert ( Read more... )

I have been doing a lot of baking to fill up my free (and not so free) time. Recent projects:


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I went out to lunch with a friend (huge strawberry galette that I couldn't finish-- lately I can't finish anything) and then we took a walk around the city. I pretended to be a kansai-jin all afternoon, and fun was had by all.

We decided to skip taiko (bad, bad, I know) and have dinner. She made wonton soup and I made Sichuan-style fish and a ( Read more... )

Yesterday after work I made lasagna and garlic bread and invited a friend over for dinner.

It turned out pretty well, even though I had a really hard time finding lasagna noodles and ricotta cheese is non-existent here (cottage cheese is inferior but works well enough).

Yummy~~♪

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