Braised Pork Belly

Braised Pork Belly-3

  This season of healthy eating lasted, oh, about 5 minutes?  I finally got around to buying a slab of pork belly (I’ve eaten it but have never cooked with it) so I could roast it and make some pork buns Momofuku-style.  There’s a noodle shop in Maui that serves them (in fact, a lot [...]

Slow Cooker Pork and Beans

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  It’s been over two years since my slow cooker has seen the light of day and you might be laughing at me now for waiting until the middle of spring to use it again.  Most cooks would be putting theirs away for the season.  A storm passed through the San Francisco bay area last [...]

Pasta alla Carbonara

Spaghetti Carbonara-2

  The summer before my freshman year in high school, my family moved out of San Francisco and to a neighboring town a few miles away. This meant that I spent my first year in a new school trying to find my place in a sea of new faces.  I was extremely shy which severely [...]

Spicy Pork Stew

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  I will spare you the twaddle tonight.  It is quite late in the evening, my eyelids are getting heavy and all I want is my bed.  Sleep has been elusive these last few days but I may finally have a chance at a good night’s rest tonight. It has been a busy last couple [...]

Carnitas Tacos with Mango-Avocado Salsa and A Blogger’s Confessions

I meant to say "carnitas tacos" but a second photo shoot was out of the question. The pork was all gone!

I do have a recipe to share with you today but before I get to it, I wanted an opportunity to unload a thought or two about my blogging experience these last (almost) two years.  Will I offer any useful information? Maybe…but this is a confessional. I have always suspected that I have a mildly [...]