Archive for the ‘Healthful’ Category

SBU Catering

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Cookies. So far, between the Orientation for my Department and the one meant for PhD students, I've sampled what SBU catering can do. They're not quite NYU's Aramark people, but they know how to bake a righteous cookie.

Well, You Gotta Have Friends

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Girlfriends. If you want to go out and have a good time, sometimes you just gotta be with your girlfriends. This was little wisdom that I picked up from work, which wasn't surprising. As much as I like being in the company of my guy friends (btw, not only can I call ...

Project Mango: The Fetus

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Last weekend, Mom bought a box of Phillipine mangos because they were ripening much quicker than the store could manage to sell them-- so, they were on sale. Some years ago, when I was old enough to hold a knife skillfully, but not yet old enough to say...take the Regents, I ...

Catching Up

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

If sitting and studying for endless hours were a sport, I'd be a potential Olympic favorite. Right before finals week, I had two exams, two weeks apart. Lucky me, that means studying nearly every moment possible for the last 3.5-4 weeks.If I really had to, I would sit on a ...

Frozen Food: Xiao Long Bao Returns

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Dad is crazy about the brand-new 12" bamboo steamers we recently bought.So the next day (today,) he went food shopping with Mom and they bought these: Chef Kong's Siu Long Bao (Xiao Long Bao.) These XLBs were okay. The shape was nearly perfect, but the dough was too thick. It ...

Another Middle C Concert

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

For the Mid-Winter Concert, the catering for the Middle C event was done by Chez Mom, yet again. This time, she took things in similar direction, but with different items on the buffet-style menu.She started with siu mai; these are pork dumplings steamed in wonton wrappes. As Arthur said, these ...

Scrambling for Breakfast

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

For whatever reason, there is something occupying my fridge. It's called emptiness. And while yes, I probably have 9 more unopened jars of Skippy in the house, I'd rather not.On mornings that I know I will be eating out later at some point in the day, I try to go ...

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 ...