I was never a dog person. I was always surrounded by cats. My family had a cat that was given to us. She never held my interest, we just existed in the same space. We had her for quite a long time, but even after all those times, she did not change me into a cat person. Dogs was the same way for me. I see them all the time but I never thought to get one. It never crossed my mind. I simply thought I wasn’t an animal person. That is until Jose one day Jose decided to get …
Lets Caramelize some Porks! How to make Cambodian Kaw Sach Chrouk
I started living on my own since I was 18. Cooking was clumsy at first. I remember being a guest at a friend’s house, and being the sweet girl that I am, I offered her some help. She took up my offer and requested that I chop up some garlics. So I did, I grabbed a butcher knife and hacked up those garlics with movements Paul Bunyan would have been proud of. Of course the garlics were flying everywhere but at least some decided to stay on the cutting board. It was chopped splendidly albeit wastefully. I received encouraging looks …
Grapefruit and kiwi reunited and it feels so good
I’ve always been a drinker. It all started in high school when my friend first introduced me to those breezers that tasted like juices, but with a 6% alcoholic content. Two of those ‘girly’ drinks, and I was a goner. Although, in my book, there’s no such thing as a ‘girl drink’. A man’s drink is what is in a man’s glass. A woman’s drink is what is in a woman’s glass. It is purely a cultural thing, and a marketing hype (to get girls drunk quicker). Yet that was all we drank, the girly drinks. For years, I would only …
