cooking

Adventures in Cookie Making

December 19, 2010

in Daily Life, Food

Orange Cardamom Cookies What with the Christmas tree up and the snowman candle burning, today I was suddenly gripped by the need to bake some holiday cookies. As long time blog readers know, I’m not much of a natural cook. I don’t really feel comfortable in a kitchen, although I am getting better. I have [...]

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I’m No Bourdain

April 30, 2009

in Food

This is how I feel about cooking, especially when chopping onions is required: No, I’m no chef. Not even close. I love to eat, but I’ll leave the preparations to others. Especially if it means I have to walk around with raccoon eyes. Onions are evil.

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Creative Cooking – Eggs A La Kettle

April 27, 2006

in Daily Life, Food, Shijiazhuang

Some of you asked me what I do with the eggs I recently bought, seeing as how I do not have a kitchen. (I live in a hotel room.) Creative Cooking Without a Kitchen Tip #1: How to Really Use an Electric Kettle Yes, that’s right, you can actually boil eggs inside an electric kettle. [...]

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The Catching Wind Bird Catches Wind

December 19, 2005

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang

Last night DH and I “cooked” another meal in our room, if making a salad counts as cooking. It was labor-intensive enough to be considered hard work, that’s for sure. Because of my paranoia about raw foods, I had to hand wash every piece of lettuce and then hand dry it. (I’m also a little [...]

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