Every couple of weeks I have a conversation that goes like this: Stranger/Friend/Relative: Are they twins? Me: Yes, they are. Stranger/Friend/Relative (pause): But they don’t look like twins. Me (smiling brightly): No, they don’t, because they are not identical twins. Stranger/Friend/Relative (longer pause): They look very different. Aren’t they identical? Since they’re both girls they must be identical. Me:… View Post
It’s true. You can whip up a batch of fluffy, gooey donuts without wasting a single minute of your precious Netflix-watching time dodging hellishly hot drops of oil from a really large frying pan. I love donuts. My kids love donuts. We love them stuffed, sprinkled, sugared, powdered, and glazed. We still haven’t met a donut we didn’t devour in… View Post
I thought I knew fried rice until I had my first Teppanyaki fried rice and that was it; I was hooked. There are many ways to make amazing fried rice, but in my book quick, easy and tasty always wins. This version can be made in 10 minutes flat if you use leftovers (another winner!), and what is better than… View Post
I had a very happy birthday this year because I spent it in beautiful Beirut! More on that later. Anyway, after a long weekend of gorging on Lebanese delights, I’ve decided that this is going to be “Salad Week”. Hence this lovely caprese pasta salad came along, just in time to use up my last batch of fresh summer basil…. View Post
I am not going to get into the whole dry ramen noodle conspiracy theory debate. But having been on the receiving end of around 147,000 forwarded articles from various dubious and not so dubious sources on how supermarket noodles are out to kill my family, I’ve decided to just go ahead and copycat them in our own (sans killer intentions)… View Post
