I just love the black and white photos on the cover! Grandmothers Nellie Wong (center) and the late Munni Khursheed Ashraf (right) are featured in the book. A couple of days ago, an unsuspecting me found a media mail package sitting on my front doorstep. Hmm ...
I'm thrilled to debut a monthly guest column, "In the Kitchen with ...
In response to my previous post, Marisha asked, "What is the effect of washing rice (besides cleaning it from dust)?" and "Do you know something about it from Japanese tradition?" I have posed this question to several people from different ethnic backgrounds and it turns out...
Last week, as I tenderly bundled my baby up--all 300-some pages of it--and pushed it gently into a USPS Priority Mail envelope, I was overcome by a mix of emotions. I felt like weeping with both joy and sadness: joy and relief that these pages, my final...
Has pancit ever looked so good? (Photo courtesy Lara Ferroni) Two weeks ago, I was back in Seattle to assist with the photography shoot for my cookbook. Never having participated in a photography shoot before I had absolutely no idea what to expect. I loved it! Often, a...
Welcome KUOW listeners! Here are the recipes I talked about on Sound Focus on June 11. Enjoy and feel free to look around my blog and email me! Indonesian Cupcakes (Kue Mangkok) The teacups we used are about the size of sake cups. As a little girl, I would make...
For everyone who has been waiting with bated breath for the oyster kimchi recipe, here it is! Enjoy it alone or in bibimbap. Korean Mixed Rice (Bibimbap) This homestyle Korean dish literally means to stir (bibim) cooked rice (bap). There are two different ways to serve...
Marvin of Burntlumpia tagged me for a meme aeons ago but better late than never, eh? Here goes: What were you cooking/baking 10 years ago? 10 years ago, I had just graduated from college, was still unmarried and living at home with my parents in Singapore. Hey, don’t laugh,...
Do you enjoy trying out new recipes? Do you sometimes wish you could change some steps in a recipe? Do you love to give lots of great feedback? Do you want to help a crazy-busy, frazzled food writer out? If you answered 'yes' to any of the above questions, then perhaps you'd...
Imagine this: donate $10 and not only can you feed a hungry child, you might win a visit with Ferrán Adrià at his famed Spanish restaurant elBulli's test kitchen. Sound like a pipe dream? Well, Chez Pim's Menu for Hope fundraising event makes it possible. Triggered by 2002's tsunami which devasted many...
