meat, meat, and more MEAT
hot potatoes, baby
a.k.a. Mejillones a la Vinagreta
Paella. Tapas. Sangria. Yup.
what to do with your stale bread
aka Spanish omelette
Readers, I’ve been eating horribly lately. It’s either sugary junk (just had a chocolate bar for breakfast) or bland healthy food (boiled carrots anyone?). Why? Because it’s fast. When someone invites me over for a home-cooked meal, I’m there before they hang up the phone....
Okay, so I’ve been “too busy” to try any new recipes this month, but you know what’s better than cooking and eating? Looking at pictures of food on Pinterest. The ones below are not only adorable, but relatively easy to make. Though time will tell...
In December my friend Alice and I went on a tour of Eastern Europe. Why Eastern Europe in the winter? Because we’re masochistic Canadians. Lots of Christmas markets, mulled wine, hot chocolate, and MEAT. Seriously. En route to Prague, we stayed in Heidelberg, Germany. Here’s...
I bought a sack of potatoes and decided to take a crack at another Spanish tapa, probably the most popular of all: Patatas Bravas. There are numerous recipes for making this spicy potato dish, and I came up with my own, mainly as an excuse...
My classmate Ioana was nice enough to give me a bunch of recipes she found in a magazine, one of which was for pumpkin soup. I made up my own easy version with only three ingredients, though the prep time did take more effort than...
I must really be Asian. Sure, France has some of the best cuisine in the world (and I should probably blog more about French food), but you know what I went apeshit for last weekend? Stumbling upon a Korean/Japanese supermarket in the 1st arrondissement, after...
This is one of the many tapas I’ve tried in Barcelona. You need: Mussels green and/or red pepper(s) onion olive oil red wine vinegar Boil the mussels (washed/scrubbed) in a pot of boiling water for five minutes. Meanwhile, mince the peppers and onion. Mix it...
We basically ate our way through Barcelona last week. On our second day, we had lunch at the famous La Boqueria market on La Rambla. Our appetizers: A sausage/meat stick. Deep fried cod balls. And we all got fresh kiwi juice. (Fresh juice is big...
For someone with a cooking blog, I’ve been eating microwave food, instant noodles, or have been letting others feed me for the past month. Now that I have more time on my hands, I’m going to try to cook more. The latest: a recipe from...
I found this recipe in my French textbook from when we were learning food vocab, etc. Pain Perdu (literal translation: “lost bread”) is what we call French toast in North American, but I learned that it originated as a way to conserve old bread. I...
