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Category Archives: Recipes
‘Tis Always the Season for Shortbread Cookies
In my family, Christmas just isn’t Christmas without shortbread cookies. Both my parents loved cooking and baking, but my father and I usually made the shortbreads, creaming pounds of butter, combining it with icing sugar, cornstarch and flour, and forming … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food, Recipes
Tagged baking, Christmas, Faye Levy, flavourings, lavender, Shaker recipes, shortbread cookies
5 Comments
Cookbook review: Istanbul and Beyond
Istanbul and Beyond: Exploring the Diverse Cuisines of Turkey Robin Eckhardt, with photography by David Hagerman Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-544-44431-7 *Note and disclaimer: When I originally posted this review, I somehow managed to leave the disclaimer out when I … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Books, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Recipes
Tagged David Hagerman, Istanbul and Beyond, Robyn Eckhardt, Turkey, Turkish Food
18 Comments
P is for Preserves and my Favourite Vietnamese Chilli Paste
Viet cuisine is known for its fresh ingredients. At my mother-in-law’s table, greenery abounds, the fish and shrimp come from my sister-in-law’s family pond, and Mother buys fresh meat daily at the Đông Ba Market. Canned, bottled, and dry ingredients … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z, Cooking, Food, Recipes, Viet Nam
Tagged chilli paste, Huế, preserves, tương ớt, Vietnamese food
5 Comments
X is for Xửng…Mè Xửng
In the Việt kitchen, the letter X is tasty. I considered writing about xào, stir-frying, or xoài, mango, or perhaps xôi, sticky rice. Then my in-laws sent a huge package of goodies from Huế. Among the many local specialties were … Continue reading
G is for Ginger / Gừng
Sao mặt bạn nhăn như khỉ ăn gừng? Why are you wrinkling your face like a monkey eating ginger? (A Vietnamese expression) I don’t know what I’d do without ginger. I use so much of it that I grow it … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z, Cooking, Food, Photos, Recipes, Viet Nam
Tagged Ginger, Huế, Tết, Vietnamese food, Vietnamese ingredients
25 Comments
F is for Fish Sauce, Flavour, Phan Thiết and Phú Quốc
The Vietnamese alphabet has no letter F. But it does have the letter PH, as in phở, and also Phan Thiết and Phú Quốc, two places famous for fish sauce. The former is a southeastern coastal city. The latter is … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z, Cooking, Food, Photos, Recipes, Viet Nam
Tagged fish sauce, Huế, Lê Văn Lân, Nicole Routhier, Vietnamese food
78 Comments
Communion, A Culinary Journey through Vietnam: book review
Kim Fay’s Communion, A Culinary Journey through Vietnam, is a book that lives up to its title. The author takes the reader along as she travels Việt Nam from north to south, researching, cooking and tasting along the way. It’s also a … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Books, Cooking, Creative Non-Fiction, Food, Recipes, Viet Nam
Tagged Communion, Julie Fay Ashborn, Kim Fay, Map of Lost Memories
9 Comments
Watermelon, Watermelon!
seedless watermelon – no pip-spitting contests fruit for serious adults (a haiku for dVerse Poets Open Link Night, week 52) Chef Shane Brierly’s kitchen team at Lifestyle Resort Đà Nẵng knows what to do with a watermelon. This is commis … Continue reading
Posted in Chef Shane Brierly, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Recipes
Tagged Chef Shane, dVerse Open Link Night, watermelon, watermelon curry
19 Comments
Cookbook review: Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart
Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart By Pauline Nguyen, with recipes by Luke Nguyen and Mark Jensen Secrets of the Red Lantern is really two books in one: a memoir and a cookbook. The … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Books, Cooking, Food, Memoir, Recipes, Viet Nam
Tagged Pauline Nguyen
7 Comments
Early Morning Muffins
tiptoeing at dawn- buttering tins in silence scent of fresh muffins This morning, I arose very early and decided to bake muffins for breakfast. As the first rays of sun found their way into my kitchen, I eased the fridge open … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food, Haiku, National Poetry Month, Photos, Poetry, Recipes
Tagged A River of Stones, aros, muffins
8 Comments