(Sweet Sticky Rice With Mango – Image by Ifood.tv )
Many dishes, fruits, sauces and so on… got ‘labeled’ in one way or another. To be honest, I think that rice definitely didn’t get the place of honor in the west as it has in Asia. In the west rice is nothing more then a side dish you eat with other dishes. or at best mix it with something. I guess the whole concept of rice, or ‘the pyramid of rice’ (just made that up) is reversed in Asia, were rice is the main food and the other dishes (such as meat, curries, etc…) come in small quantities and usually on top of the rice. Read more... (365 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)
Image by (Catherine Murray)
Lao-Lao is definitely one of the stronger spirits out there. Last week I went back to Laos. For those of you who don’t know where it is, it’s a beautiful country filled with mountains and smiling people located between Thailand, Burma, China and Vietnam.
In my memory Laos was the cherry at the top of the cake in the list of countries I’ve visited in my travel to Asia 8 years ago. Although it is a poor country and not as developed as its neighboring countries it holds true magic in it and tons of friendly people. Read more... (638 words, 1 image, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)
image of Messy cooking by (Jessica Spear)
It is not a secret, whenever I cook, I do a huge mess around me. To be honest, most people would probably get a heart attack the second their foot steps into my kitchen while I’m cooking. For that same reason, it is almost impossible for me to cook with others.
I’m sure that deep down inside of you, you’re saying “oh gosh, I would never eat food cooked by this man”;The truth of the matter is, I cook great food (and so do other people that I know) I just take cooking to a different ‘visual art’ level while I’m doing it. Read more... (885 words, 1 image, estimated 3:32 mins reading time)
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There’s nothing worst to a hungry man then to stare at an empty fridge. I bet you know the feeling right?.
Well, for a person like me, it’s just an excuse to come up with something new, or most commonly known as “what’s ever in the fridge” recipe.
So few weeks ago I went to my sister’s place and found a fridge that had echoes in it. When I was a kid, whenever we would complain to my mom that there’s actually nothing in the fridge her answer was the same ” the fridge is not empty, rather have many raw materials”, Which was true. but as kids we didn’t really like cooking and wanted to eat the second we got the craving for something. Read more... (334 words, 1 image, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)
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I look at the olive oil trend that flocked the world starting the early years of 2000 with a smile.
honestly one may think that the olive oil is a ‘new thing’ and was ‘discovered’ recently by a few researchers from Colombia university or so. However, some of you might be surprised by the fact that it was one of the oldest ingredients civilization have cultivated and used throughout the centuries. So I would say that it is more of an ‘Ah-ha’ moment for the western world, since olive oil goes back to the biblical times. Read more... (550 words, 1 image, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)
