Archive for the ‘Weekends’ Category

Junky Food Spree

Monday, September 1st, 2008

As a rather last minute decision, I bummed a ride home with Susan yesterday and will be home for another 24 hours or so. Life at home after a week at school is pretty sweet. It definite felt different from coming home to this place every night, but it's a ...

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 ...

Supermarket Trip

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Despite the super hot and rather humid weather today, Mom, Dad and I ventured over to our local Pathmark. I enjoy supermarkets. I really do. And today after we picked out watermelons and continued to the meat section, I accidentally lost my parents. The way a little kid gets lost in ...

After Overnight Chilling…

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

After dinner I whipped up a small bowl of syrup made from boiling sugar, brown sugar and water, until thick and carmelized, but not to the extent that hard balls form when dropped into cold water.Then I cut up the pumpkin from yesterday.The reason why you should steam at a ...

Cookie Monstrosity

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

I decided to bake cookies, since oatmeal ones have been absent from my home for a long time. It has indeed been a while, so I creamed much air into my butter and sugar. The result was a very tender, delicate and cake-like texture.The batter was rather soft and almost ...

Apples and Apples

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

My favorite part about spending the weekend at home is being able to cook for myself and eat what I want to eat, being as creative or as minimalist as I want.I dreamed about food right before waking up and realizing I was actually really hungry. Since being banned from ...

Birthday Cheesecake with a Fortune Cookie Crust

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Happy Birthday to my Dad! :DThis morning was spent toiling in the kitchen. In addition to having plans to bake today, baking seemd more than appropriate in this new, cooler weather that we've been fortunate enough to have for the last two days.Dad looooves fortune cookies for their crunch. He ...

Spring Street Natural

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

So yesterday was spent in SoHo having brunch that was pleasure and hardly any business with my eboard. My first experience coming here was a memorable one. While the menu impressed me with how unique the items were and how fresh their ingredients were, what really stayed in my mind ...