I have tasted fancy dishes and eaten at fine restaurants many times in my life. I have sampled the strange and unfamiliar. I have found fresh favorites and discovered new ingredients, but nothing tastes so delicious to me as the flatbread I ate as a child.
Tortillas de harina, a bread made out of wheat flour and enriched [...]
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B is For Bread
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Culture, Expat, Favorite things, Food, Honduras, Life, Memories, NaBloPoMo, Recipes, tagged Baleadas, Cooking, Expat, Flatbread, Food, Honduras, Tortillas de Harina on November 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Delicious Roasted Eggplant
Posted in Cooking, Favorite things, Food, Pakistan, Recipes, tagged bharta, eggplant, indian pakistani food, Recipes, vegetarian on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the pleasures of living in this part of the world is the food. I have become exceedingly fond of nan baked in a clay tandoor, of juicy, tender meat generously rubbed with spices and dripping with flavor on an open flame, and of creamy, cooling raita with cucumber and roasted cumin.
Since arriving in Pakistan three years ago [...]
Raspberry Cheese Coffee Cake
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Recipes, tagged Baking, cakes, easy recipes on December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This cake is very easy to make, it’s ready in just thirty minutes and it’s delicious, with a soft, tender texture. What more do you need?
Ingredients
1 package of cream cheese, softened at room temperature
½ cup butter (1 stick), softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
¼ milk
1 ¾ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ [...]
Kitchen Disasters
Posted in Cooking, Life, NaBloPoMo, tagged Cooking disasters, NaBloPoMo on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was watching an old episode of Masterchef, the one in which the fish cakes didn’t turn out, the starter was fifteen minutes late and the chocolate mousse was lumpy, and I started thinking about some of my own disastrous experiences in the kitchen.
My mother is an excellent cook, the kind that can make anything, [...]
Spicy Tomato Soup
Posted in Cooking, NaBloPoMo, Recipes, tagged easy winter recipes, homemade, Soup recipes, tomato on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Winter has become my favorite season. It wasn’t always so, but here in Pakistan it is a respite from a scorching summer that lasts nine months.
With the onset of cooler weather, I have started making soups. I made this delicious dish for lunch today, and it is so simple and easy to make that there is no excuse [...]
The best cupcakes
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Recipes, tagged Cupcakes, easy recipes on October 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have been looking for a recipe for cupcakes that I can call my favorite, and I think I have found it. A lady I know gave me the recipe for these moist, fluffy little cakes that are fast and easy to make. I changed the recipe a bit, because I prefer to use plain flour instead [...]
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