My Mid-30 Birthday Cake

| July 11, 2010

Yesterday, I officially entered my mid-30s, thank you very much. :)  Because I’m too proud unwilling to buy a cake, I made and decorated my own.  What came out was nowhere near what I originally planned, as far as the decorations are concerned.  Going with the original plan would have left me all-stressed out on [...]

Chicken and Egg on Rice (Oyako Donburi)

| July 9, 2010

A favorite Japanese rice bowl dish (donburi) of mine is the Oyako Donburi or Oyako Don, which is rice topped with chicken and egg.  Thanks to my ever reliable Japanese recipe book, I was able to make my own donburi at home. I just love being able to successfully replicate my restaurant favorites in my [...]

Anthony Bourdain in the Flesh

| July 8, 2010

This is old news to my Facebook friends.  I’m still posting this entry just the same…for posterity, for my handful of readers who are not my friends on Facebook, and for me. :) Anthony Bourdain has a new book out, Medium Raw.  A New York-based friend of mine attended a Medium Raw book reading/signing event [...]