Archive for the ‘Dinner’ Category

Chinese New Year, Bolla Chianti

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

The night before Chinese New Year is like...having Thanksgiving dinner, but with emphasis on having symbolic food for dinner.Yes, we have symbolism for dinner. It's pretty awesome.This year, though, Mom toned things down by a lot. Randy stayed upstate since he has school there, so it was just me and ...

Pad Thai from Suzie’s

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Mom decided it's time to learn how to make pad thai. And this past month, she did in fact make pad thai. Once. :( And I told her that's not the way it looks when I get it. This meant having to go get takeout for dinner one of these nights, ...

Thanksgiving Chicken

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

I have decided that my creative outlet for managing stress is cooking. Cooking, when done properly, seems to take away a lot of other worries and allows me to meditate.Since Thanksgiving at home this year was a small crowd (just my parents and me; my brother stayed at school to ...

On Weekends, We’re Eastern European…

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Yes, so before Mom's potluck high was over, she made a Polish dish she had at the potluck mentioned in the previous entry.I couldn't hide my excitement, so I ran to tell Eugene about it. And then Viktor. Lo and behold, they knew exactly what I was talking about and were ...

Chowder

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

It's like having dumplings in my English clam chowder.An exhibit of Mom's creativity:Because pasta hugging ricotta is versatile. Werd.

Nothing like Home-Cooked

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Reminiscing of meals of yester-week leads me to ponder about the comforts of carbohydrates. Yes. Last Thursday was a long day that didn't end until the sun had set. And really, there's nothing like walking through the door, tired in clothes that I couldn't want to peel off of my ...

Boston Memory: Dining at Bi Fong Tang

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

After spending most of the day exploring the Museum of Science in Boston, dinner was something to look forward to. Last Saturday, my family and my uncle's went to a Chinese restaurant for some traditional communal dining. What better way to have a great meal together before leaving?Communal dining is ...

Sweet Ginger Sauce

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Dad told me to figure out something to go with the pan-seared chicken breast we had for dinner. So I finally implemented my previous idea of using shredded ginger in a sauce to go with chicken.At first, I thought about using soy sauce, ginger and sugar. Then, I remembered that ...