Even though it was my mom who taught me to cook and from whom I inherited good cooking instincts, somewhere along the way our tastes diverged pretty strongly. I stopped eating much Italian food (I have nothing against it, it is just not to my taste frequently), which is The Cuisine of my family, and…
Cucumber, Pineapple & Tomato Salad with Vietnamese Dressing
If you had told me I would be posting a recipe for a dish I made for dinner tonight, while John is out of town, I would have asked what you were smoking. Hats off to the single moms—I don’t know how they do it, and when John is out of town I pretty much…
Sooksan Wan Gerd!: A Thai Birthday Feast with Tish’s Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cloud Pie for Dessert
John’s favorite cuisine is Thai. He never gets sick of it. I sometimes need a break from what we think of as the entrée dishes, although I rarely tire of the salads. Despite the fact that at the end of the day Mexican is my favorite cuisine, the one that I never get tired of,…