Without all that other stuff. No backstory, no context, no narrative, no whys and wherefores. Bon gusto and sanak mantep. Thursday, March 17, 2016. Smoked sausage on a bed of potato and curly kale mash. One pound of potatoes, peeled. One pound of smoked sausage. Half a Tablespoon sharp mustard.

Friday, May 09, 2014. I graduated last night with my Bachelor of University Studies! Saturday, April 19, 2014. I will be graduating from college in two and a half weeks. Four and a half years ago I was turning 40 and quite unhappy with my life. What had I done? Where was I going? I had a little mid-life crisis. This is when I decided I wanted to go back to college and figure out what I was going to be when I grew up. Nowwhat do I want to do when I grow up? We mostly com.

I was in my kitchen, as usual, and tinkering around with different ways to make pumpkin pie. Then i wondered how a pumpkin cream pie would turn out. All ingredients for pumpkin cream pie.

So it has been quite the semester for me. I managed to cook 9 meals over the course of this blog. Though it was far from my goal of 20, I would say I managed to have some fun while working on these entries while still getting my work done.

Tuesday, February 06, 2018. Top Trends from the Winter Fancy Food Show 2018. Here are my topic picks. Mushrooms seem to be everywhere and showing up in ways that are a bit unexpected. In Taiwan, but at the show this year I saw Yuguo shiitake chips. Coconut thins, the clusters from Creative Snacks.