Tag: birthday
Sim Por Favor: TidBit of the Day
How I spent my 21st birthday (add a few years on that…) at the wonderful Brazilian churrascaria, Chamas (Portuguese for “flames”) in Downtown Durham. If you haven’t been to a churrasceria before and you eat meat, it’s worth a go. You get a little card – one side is green (GO), other side is red [...]
Pure as the Driven Snow
If you’ve been following, you know I live in the South. But I’m a New Englander, raised in a place where “snow day” means you better dress warm because you still have to wait for the schoolbus at the corner, only there’s about 2 feet of snow and sideways sleet hitting your face. I miss [...]
Childhood Obsession and the Chocolate Princess
Apparently, my love of food goes way back. Wayyyyyyy back. Some of my parents’ favorite stories about me basically include me sitting in front of a steamed bun for hours, quietly fawning and lingering over it. Easy way to keep me quiet: put food in front of me. Fun and happy childhood memories often include [...]
Photo of the Day: A Peachy Life
The peach symbolizes long life, and this sweet dessert is actually a sweet bread and made especially for my most-awesomest late grandmother on her 91st birthday. She loved food, too!
Merciless Time: Zucchini Olive Flatbread
My babies are growing up. Growing up fast. Fast like Speedy Gonzalez. I am devastated and heavyhearted. Why can’t my babies stay squishy-squashy, blubbery, wibbly-wobbly, endearing and uncontaminated forever? Why will they grow outside the enveloping and secure confines of my bosom and take with them my shattered heart? Why is time so merciless? Why [...]
Pygmalion’s Cake Mountain
If you cannot tell already, Zomppa Patty is a true baker. She’s creative yet analytical; flexible and adaptive (helpful when certain flours aren’t rising properly or eggs are a bit larger than normal) yet precise and deliberate (I sometimes call it a wee bit anal retentive), dramatic (check out the colors) yet strangely patient when [...]
