Yesterday, Cafe Fernando turned 5! A year ago today, I quit my job and decided to become a full-time blogger. Since then, so many things have happened. First of all, the book happened. It turned my world upside down. And continuing to do so.
A super easy recipe for delicious cold summer gazpacho that requires only one gadget, a blender! This easy blender gazpacho makes a healthy appetizer all summer long. People who know me well know how much I love a good challenge.
Soy Sauce Chicken or "See Yao Gai" is a quintessential Cantonese favorite, found hanging under heat lamps in many Chinatown restaurant windows. You'll find it near the poached chickens, roast ducks, and roast pork. All have their merits, but a Soy Sauce Chicken done right is tough to beat.
I think I'm the last person on the planet to make zucchini fritters. Why it has taken me so long to give them a go I do not know. Maybe it's that I have a general pancake-making phobia?
I really enjoy making fruit tarts, even if they are a labor of love. When I was growing impatient waiting to give birth to my second child, Maverick, I started baking these fruit tarts to pass the time. I needed something to take my mind off the fact that he was not in any rush to be born.
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2012 I had the nice surprise to be selected for the 'Site we Love' feature of SAVEUR magazine this month. Amazing! You can read my interview here. Thank you all for all your good words.
I can never go back. Back to regular cornbread muffins. Not now that I know cornbread can taste THIS! good. And taste I did. All these shots of half eaten muffins are not just for show. I just couldn't stop myself. I ate them and then kept eating them and eating them.
It has been said that growing older is not for the timid. Wrinkles form and our age begins to show around our mouths and eyes. Sometimes age spots appear on the hands, causing ever more nervous tension as time marches onward. There are preventative measures any person can take to at least slow down the aging process.
Haz click aquí para ir a la versión en Español} Put your hands up if you can tell I've got myself a proper camera. Definition and sharpness that's it. Because I'm still unable to fix the white balance problem... and the daylight I took my pictures under didn't seem to want to cooperate *sighs*.
The brown armchair in my living room has become the scapegoat for everything that is wrong with my life. It's not a bad-looking chair, really. It has a nice shape and swivels around in a circle. The nubby brown fabric, however, hangs onto dog hairs for dear life.