Smokey Split Pea Soup

In an effort to make my mornings easier, save money and eat better, I am back to making a soup on Sunday night that I can have for lunch throughout the week. Last week, it was a hungarian mushroom with smoked paprika (and mushrooms were on sale) and this week, its a split pea soup.  [...]

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Wokkin’ Wednesdays: Quick Peanut Satay Tuna w/ Udon

Ms. Ray has nothing on me with this recipe. I can seriously have it tucked in my bowl with chopsticks in hand in 15 minutes or less. This is the ultimate “I need to eat now!” noodle dish. There really isn’t any ‘recipe’ that you need to follow for this noodle bowl supper.  And, to [...]

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Wokkin’ Wednesdays: What’s cookin’ in your wok?

Now that I’m in the possession of an amazing iron wok from the Wok Shop, I’m on a mission to use this wok as much as possible.  About a year ago, I found a 1st edition copy of The Key to Chinese Cooking by Irene Kuo online.  I believe it was on Slashfood that I [...]

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Recipe: Butternut Squash Soup

At the cocktail party hosted by Campbell’s/Swansons at BlogHer Food ’09, they served the most amazing butternut squash soup that I’ve ever encountered.  It was amazing. And, as my luck would have it (and I was quite lucky that weekend), I won a Campbell’s gift basket that contained a cookbook. And on page 71 of [...]

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Salter Nutrition Scale – CHEFs Catalog

At the BlogHer Food ’09 after-party, more treat bags were handed out to the lucky first party-goers. In those bags, was a bounty of goodies supplied by CHEFs catalog.  While I was overly excited about the 4-piece spatula set, I was more excited about the $25 gift card.  (Even more so, when KB donated her card [...]

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Recipe: Orange Zest Chicken with Asparagus

I’m not too sure yet, but I’m tempted to change the title of this blog to “Adventures of a White Girl in Asian Fusion”.  Catchy, yes? Its so easy to be excited when you have the proper cooking utensils and I must say, the new wok is fast becoming a treasured piece in my collection.  [...]

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The Wok Shop – San Francisco, CA

During my trip to San Francisco, it was a priority for me to visit the Wok Shop on Grant St. in Chinatown. I read about this shop on one of my food blogs almost a year ago now. (Tried to find the original post, but can’t remember where it was from!)  And, as luck would [...]

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Post-BlogHer Food ’09: Part 1

It’s been one week today that I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural Food Track conference hosted by BlogHer. And, yes. It was wonderful.  I will agree with other attendees, that the best part of the conference was the people. I met food bloggers that I’ve been reading for years, and food bloggers that [...]

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Highlights from BlogHer Food '09

It’s 9pm on Sunday night. I’m wiped out! It’s been a busy weekend in San Francisco but a memorable one for sure! I’ve had so many exciting moments that I don’t think I’m able to just pick one. So I’ll give you a list (not necessarily in proper rank): Meeting David Lebovitz and getting a signed [...]

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Recipe: Healthy Porkburger

Is there such a thing as a healthy burger?  I suppose if its with baked fish? Or a veggie composite? What about with pork?  Ok, so maybe I’m searching for the unattainable here, but with the roommate and I on the quest for skinny(-er) jeans, I wanted to make an attempt to eat the foods [...]

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