Mommy Dearest’s Surprise Party Cake

munchkinmommy | January 26, 2010

My family, with the help of our dearest dearest friends, successfully  pulled off a surprise birthday party for my Mom on January 9th.  We had less than an hour to get the house ready with decorations and all and to set up the food.  I had about 45 minutes to decorate a 2-tiered cake, including [...]

I Scream for Ice Cream Cake

munchkinmommy | January 18, 2010

More than screaming for ice cream cake, I was screaming for ice cream cake success.  I haven’t been posting ice cream cake entries lately because the last two I made – one in July 2009  and another in December 2009 – failed miserably.  I was hugely embarrassed because I made them for the birthdays of [...]

Crabby January 1st

munchkinmommy | January 6, 2010

The first day of the year, turned out to be crabby. As in crabby in dungeness proportions!  And I couldn’t be happier.  Hee hee.

We had Steamed Dungeness Crabs for dinner on January 1st, right in our dining room!  These beauties would have cost us an arm and a leg in  so-called seafood restaurants.  We got [...]

Gastronomic Welcome to 2010

munchkinmommy | January 3, 2010

There’s no better way to end a marvelous year and begin a most promising, exciting and richly-blessed one  than with a gastronomic feast.  It is safe to say that in our case, it all boils down to culture.    In the Philippines, the New Year is welcomed with much fun, not to mention food fare. ;)  [...]

Happy 2010!

munchkinmommy | January 2, 2010

Happy New Year!  Happy 2010!  I couldn’t let the first day of 2010 end without leaving y’all a greeting. :)

If there’s one New Year’s tradition that I almost always try to observe, it’s having 13 different kinds of round fruits on the dining table on New Year’s Eve.  It’s a cultural thing. :D  The fruits [...]