Compared to normal, I must say, this weekend was a culinary fiesta around here! Yesterday evening, I made green chile stew, which I’ve never made before. It was rather intensive since I bought fresh green chiles, pre-roasted at my local grocery store (so I even skipped a step), and then, glove-clad, peeled, seeded, [...]
I hate to say it, but I had an awfully hard time getting here today. It’s not that I didn’t want to stop by and say hello; I like you guys too much for that. It’s just that it’s been way too pretty lately to be sitting inside at the computer. [...]
[Buddhist monks walk past a giant portrait of the Queen at the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh]
Phnom Penh wakes up early to take advantage of the cool morning breeze before the sun breaks through the haze and invades the country with sweltering heat. Already 6 A.M and the people of Phnom Penh are rushing and bumping [...]
Purslane (Portulaca olearacea) is free foraged food for us, it grows absolutely everywhere. Boldly our gravely driveway, aggressively in our potted plants, lovelingly next to the compost pile. And it’s good for you full vitamin C and Omega-3’s (brain food!) and tastes like a cucumber. I use it in place of salad or lettuce like [...]
I have a little theory about summer. It’s called the Picnic Quota, and basically, the idea is this: that a person requires a certain number of picnics per summer (PPS) in order to maintain a reasonable level of happiness through the impending winter. The baseline PPS may vary slightly from person to person, [...]
