So this weekend I had sometime to muse on the interesting bits of my life experience. It was a UKC show at a local park where I showed Kiri, earning her Championship, but in between classes and shows, I watched and ruminated. One of the things I thought about was “SA” – Sex Appeal. Some people...
Dear readers, I am sorry that I have been neglectful of you of late, but it’s getting to be midterm time at school, and I’m a bit swamped! I have SO many papers to grade and projects to complete, all before spring break which is nearly upon us! Yikes! And what makes it all more depressing is,...
I've collected here print and online mentions of my English-language NAMI-NAMI foodblog as well as my Estonian-language NAMI-NAMI recipe collection, as well as direct links to articles written by me and food photos taken by me and/or K. Happy browsing! (UPDATED 17 December 2007) 10 December 2007...
I accepted the challenge, and I conquered: I cooked breakfast for Jimmy, the reigning king of Sunday mornings, and dear reader, he asked for the recipe. Never mind the fact that I had help (Brandon), or that the majority of the menu was decreed from above (Rebecca). I did it, and I did it my way,...
I have a dream, friends. (I know it's almost Memorial Day, not Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but bear with me.) I know some would think it's a silly dream, but it's MY dream nonetheless. I do not dream of WINNING the Pillsbury Bake-Off, no. But I DO dream of mincing in with the rest of the Bake-Off...
Nothing's more gratifying and fulfilling than to make your own "Curry Paste"! It is always a real pleasure as well as a pride to cook with something that you have made entirely yourself and to realize that it is in fact not so difficult to make at home... In Thailand, there are three major kinds of...
I am not, by nature, wildly energetic. I’m far from slothful—give or take a few semantic quibbles, of course—but I’ve never been one to wake up with itchy excess energy nagging to be burned. I have just the right amount of oomph to get me happily through the day, and though infamous in...
When one of your (half-)brothers is a restaurateur, paying him a visit means consuming quite a bit of good food. When one of your (half-)brothers is a restaurateur with many reasons to celebrate—a new house, a new restaurant in the works, and an upcoming wedding, for example—paying him a visit...
Me, in december 2007 I was tagged by Helena (who's SO talented, she makes the most beautiful sketches and keeps a great blog!) for this fun little meme. So - eight random things? Shouldn't be so hard. But it is! I feel like I talk so much about myself that you all know me by now - but I realise that...
M is for Mushroom. Who: The Mushroom What: A fungus growing above ground, classified as a vegetable. When: The early Greeks and Romans were the first cultivators of the mushroom, but Egyptian hieroglyphics of mushrooms have been dated back more than 4000 years. Where: Mushrooms can be grown pretty...
ONE MORE AFTER THIS!!!! Y is for Yogurt. Who: Yogurt What: Yogurt is a dairy product made of milk and bacteria. Yum. Where: Yogurt can be made anywhere; factories or homes, from the milk of many different animals including goat and sheep. Cows milk is the most commonly used. Yogurt can also be made...
I came across this recipe when visiting one of the blogs featured in my long list of interesting sites that I have linked. Before this, I had never heard of this flatbread nor did I ever eat such a speciality. I must say that this dish litteraly blew me off my feet, therefore I warmly thank Melissa...
I'm sure I've gushed again and again how much I love Sour. Sweet is nice, but sour is where it's at in my book. Soon after I started getting interested in food as more than just "what's for dinner" kind of thinking, I had heard about Seville oranges: the sourest of all oranges. It became a bit of a...
Sunday. Fathers Day. As the in-laws are here, hubby is more Catholic than norm - ie he GOES to church...they do it as matter of course...every Sunday..... Mother in law sings in a choir in England. This amazes me in itself. She doesn't actually sing, she warbles and she is also deaf in one ear, has...
Do you ever take a bite out of a really sweet, really chocolatey, really decadent dessert and then only eat a few bites because it's "too rich?" I don't. Those two words do not go together in my vocabulary. Desserts can never, ever be too rich for me. Sometimes when I'm eating the same thing as a...
I trust that everyone had their fill of green beer and such shenanigans today? Being that I'm trapped in Obers' Corners without transportation this week, I didn't go anywhere or do anything special today--unless you count walking with Prunelle up to the mini-mart this afternoon to get some brown...
*sniff* I'm slowly recovering from a killer cold that knocked me out for most of last week. (I'm betting I got a nasty virus on the plane home from Paris - air travels seem to do that to me, no wonder with all that bad air. Eww.) However, I managed to have my brother and sister, with significant...
F is for Fondue. Who: Fondue. What: A communal meal shared by friends at the dinner table. The most traditional and common sort is a Cheese fondue, where cheese is melted and mixed with beer, kirsch or wine, seasoned and served warm in a pot on the table with long forks to dip bread cubes in. There...
There will be more about that gooey chocolate stack you see above later, but you’ll have to eat your dinner first, (and appetizer and salad and don’t forget to drink your wine too). Bruno of Zinfully Delicious tagged me to participate in a meme called the ‘Foodbloggers Welcome Dinner’ which...
K and I were hosting a very sweet couple from Norway and their two adorable children, a 4-year old Hanna and a 7-month old Fergus, over the last weekend. They left today for a six-day break on Saaremaa/Ösel, after which they'll head to Latvia for a few days and then back to Norway. As far as I...
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