Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
(Original Post Date: March 13, 2010) What do you do when you have a stack of zucchini in the refrigerator? Zucchini Bread, of course. My favorite recipe for Zucchini Bread is very old… a recipe I still have from my high school home economics class. I still remember the week we learned pumpkin bread, banana [...]
(Original Post Date: March 8, 2010) So I was at Trader Joe’s the other day, and right now they have these big cartons of heirloom tomatoes (about $5 per large carton). You know, those imperfectly shaped, oddly striped, green/yellow/red tomatoes that you only ever see in a garden, but never at the actual market? (They [...]
(Original Post Date: March 4, 2010) After returning from a trip to the Caribbean, my sister-in-law and her husband gave us a Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cake, a specialty of the Cayman Islands. It was vacuum-sealed in plastic, packed inside a hexagonal cardboard box. How good could a vacuum packed cake really be? We found out one [...]
(Original Post Date: Feb 27, 2010) Who needs Chinese take-out when you can make it yourself at home? Of course, not being Chinese, there are a bunch of typical Chinese or Taiwanese ingredients that I just don’t have in my kitchen. But I have the next best thing… Japanese ingredients that are somewhat similar, and [...]
(Original Post Date: Feb 19, 2010) Last weekend was my friend’s bridal shower. We were asked to bring one of our best dishes to share, and a copy of the recipe for the bride-to-be. The bride-to-be was going to choose her favorite food item, and the winner to receive a special prize. I resolved to [...]
(Original Post Date: Feb 15, 2010) Happy Lunar New Year! Yesterday marked the beginning of the year of the Metal Tiger. I’m not a big fan of fireworks, but since most Lunar New Year celebrations incorporate the color red prominently, I decided to celebrate this occasion instead with some Year of the Tiger Red Velvet [...]
Original Post Date: Feb 12, 2010) When I was about 12 years old, and gaining more confidence in the kitchen, my mother decided that this would be a good time for her to quit cooking. Overnight, I became the household “dinner chef”. I enjoyed meal planning, and often accompanied my mother to the market [...]
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