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{Filipino Food-Love} Introducing one of my ultimate comfort foods

12 November, 2012

I’ve talked about comfort food before, but lately I’ve realised that nearly nothing else can comfort me in the same manner as this simple little porridge can. We call this Filipino breakfast staple the champorado, and it’s basically a chocolate rice porridge, served with milk. Tell me which part of that doesn’t sound comforting– not to mention delicious? There’s just something so homey about eating mushy warm food from a bowl. I know it sounds a little icky when I put it that way, but these kinds of food oddly make my soul feel at ease. That’s why most of what I consider my comfort foods share this particular characteristic…

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Baking Recipes, Lemon Obsession, My favourite things, Spoon desserts & puddings

A lesson on looking beyond the surface

9 September, 2012

Young people are naive. And I don’t say that to sound old. I am still quite young myself, but the older I grow and the more my mind opens up to new and different perspectives about life, the more I realise how true this is. A lot of young people seem to think they have their own minds- all the statements made about being unique- but almost always it’s as if they (or we) have been brainwashed with concepts of which things are more “worthy” of time and attention than others. At some point during my younger years, I was one of those teenagers who were quick to judge the…

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Baking Recipes, David Lebovitz, From the books, Frozen treats, I scream for ice cream (I do), Lemon Obsession

The Super Lemon Ice Cream cure

19 August, 2012

I feel like a zombie. Literally. The days have mixed and spilled into each other since the flood; since we began trying to put things back to normal. I don’t even want to look back and count how many days it has been. A lot of people are still struggling to return to their regular routines. Right now all I have is my fatigue and my searing eyes. Sometimes I look up from whatever it is I’m cleaning and I have to think for a full minute about what day of the week it is. Does that ever happen to you, the sensation that time seems to stretch its fingers…

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Baking Recipes, Cookies, My favourite things

Indescribable Coffee Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies

13 June, 2012

I’m trying to think of a word to describe these cookies, and all I can actually come up with is wowzers. These cookies are definitely amazing. And definitely one of my favourite cookies ever. I can’t think of the last time a cookie has had such a lasting effect on me. It’s the type of cookie that would make you count down the hours until you get to go home to your cookie jar again. It’s got such a long name though, doesn’t it? I think maybe next time, we could just call it 4-C Cookies. Anyways, let’s break down the components:

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Baking Recipes, Cookies, Dearly Dreaming Dorie, From the books, Timeless Treats

{Dearly Dreaming Dorie} How Peanut Butter Crisscrosses invaded my life

6 June, 2012

As a child, I used to hate peanut butter. I don’t know if it’s because of the way that it sticks to the roof of my mouth, or how the very gooey brands tend to make a mess when spread on a piece of toast. I’ve always found it odd since I actually like peanuts a lot. This passiveness toward peanut butter extended until my teenage years, and I only “rediscovered” it, if you will, in the past two years. Ever since I started long-distance running, a lot of other runners advised me to have a cup of coffee with a peanut butter sandwich and a banana hours before each…

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Baking Recipes, Bread-making, From the books, Go With the Flo, Lemon Obsession, My favourite things, The Breakfast Bin, Yeasted breads

{Go With the Flo} Lemon-Scented Pull-Apart Coffee Cake- an all-time fave!

31 May, 2012

I’m sure we all have that one beloved food item; the one that makes us swoon or feeble in the knees just thinking about it. I was pretty sure mine was going to involve dark chocolate, and yet I have proven my self-control in the presence of it again and again. And although dark chocolate is definitely one of the things I find hard to resist, I can’t say it is my kryptonite. The more I baked, the more recipes I completed, and the more food I photographed, the more I began to realize what was. I have a weakness for almost everything lemon-flavoured.

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