To learn one must have a level of “teachability”. It is difficult when one has a strong creative bent that can not really be fleshed out within constraints of the assignment. This week one of the major players in RLC … Continue reading
Category Archives: Eating
So, what does it mean to celebrate? And why at Easter? cel·e·brate verb \?se-l?-?br?t\ :to do something special or enjoyable for an important event, occasion, holiday, etc. :to praise (someone or something) :to say that (someone or something) is great … Continue reading
A few RLC’s ago, one boy couldn’t find an ingredient he had seen on a previous market shop. Well, today he found it. Black sesame seed rice paper roll sheets. Or so he thought. I was happy that he should … Continue reading
The thing about curious boys who pick up and look at things on my desk is that they get ideas. And what a good one this was when Tom picked up a Welsh cook book I gained in my travels. … Continue reading
Baking a cake is a journey. So is marriage. You choose to have cake. Cake is good. You choose to get married. Marriage is good. Now, baking a cake together is a metaphor for marriage. You both want the cake. … Continue reading
One boy had a hankering for steamed pork buns and had persistently mentioned this, wanting to make them after he saw a half packet of bun flour in the pantry.. I suggested they be the RLC of the week and … Continue reading
Again, I hear you thinking “What in the world are Levantine eggs?” And feta ice cream????? Well, the RLC story for today goes like this: Once upon a time, and after shopping and “what should we do for lunch?” time, … Continue reading
So what does one do with 1/2 a sujk sausage left over from a shakshuka inspired dinner? “Wo, what in the world is suj whatever sausage and shakesugar whatever” I hear you thinking…. Sujuk, also “sucuk” and soudjouk is a … Continue reading
The start of a new year can bring a freshness in one’s approach to things, and a fast from The Random lunch Challenge over the last month(s) left boys hungry to participate. A bit too hungry as they both wanted … Continue reading
Life has been somewhat busy of late, including cooking for a wedding afternoon tea-( more on that later) How does one revisit a few weeks worth of Random Lunch Challenges? A series of snapshots: Stir fried wombok with crab on … Continue reading