I must say November is birthday month. I know at least 8 people (my boyfriend included) who celebrated/will celebrate their birthdays this month. They all must have been conceived on Valentines Day. That explains it!
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Pasta Negra aka The dark side of pasta love
It is a tradition in the Philippines (and other Asian countries) to serve noodles during birthdays. The longer the noodles the longer and luckier the birthday celebrant’s life will be. Happy birthday, JD, my wonderful partner-in-crime! JD is an adventurous soul so this black pasta is an appropriate birthday dish. Plus it is really very yummy you yourself won’t regret embracing the dark side!
Simple joy #5 Baked rice
Sunday at home with nothing to do except create a new recipe and practice food styling and photography.
Simple joy #4 Raquel’s Fish Escabeche
I love looking at this photo of a cooked fish, with its skin intact and the fish belly exposed. It makes me drool. If you do not eat fish unless filleted, with its skin, head and tail already removed, then you don’t know what you’re missing!
Spaghetti with minced chicken and Marcella Hazan’s famous tomato sauce
I have to thank Jessica of http://brownpaperbelle.com for introducing me to Marcella Hazan’s classic Italian tomato sauce recipe. Jessica used the tomato sauce for her Pizza On The Run. The moment I read about it, I just had to make it (Not the pizza dough, just the tomato sauce!) It is the simplest, easiest to make tomato sauce ever. Although it took 45 minutes to cook it, it’s the throw-everything-in-the-pot-and-forget-about-it-while-you-do-something-else kind which is so sexy if I may say so.
Simple joy #3 That green thing called Kale
The first time I was introduced to Kale was three months ago, in the U.S. of A. Not in New Zealand. Not even in the Philippines. If I had it when I was younger, I would have hated it. It tasted like dirt. But knowing what I knew now, like thousands of Kale fans out there, I think it is the most beautiful green vegetable God has ever created. (Followed closely by Kawakawa, of course!)