tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91062051744399447222011-09-19T14:37:14.833-07:00Random, fun, delicious things in my lifeYoshikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12231307191779737020noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106205174439944722.post-10724555599244482772010-12-21T13:33:00.000-08:002010-12-21T13:39:07.580-08:00

We were invited to a potluck dinner party this past weekend, and Thomas had volunteered us to bring dessert.  I never pass up a chance to bake (my eyes get wide like saucers with excitement) and this dinner had presented me with the perfect, long-awaited opportunity to make this apple tart, published in Food & Wine magazine in 2009.  They have also published it on their website. The resulting

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When Thomas and I were in France this past summer, we found ourselves a bit unprepared as to what we should do during our stay.  We had been busy getting our belongings ready for moving, and thinking about what to do in Paris was sent to the backburner. So I did some internet research while I was there, including reading referencing the blog by David Lebovitz, a former pastry chef at the famous

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The holidays always evokes an image of baking and candy-making.  For the past few years, I have made cookies, biscotti, and marshmallows to give away as gifts, but I think one of the cutest and easiest was the chocolate truffle.  It is a bit messy (chocolate will get on your hands as you roll it into balls), but it is fun and if you really love chocolate, you will enjoy being surrounded by the

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One of the things I never understood was why this sweet-sour confection was called a pie.  My idea of a pie was a flaky white crust that was made of a lot of butter with a thick layer of filling, and more of the crust on top of the filling.  Key lime "pie" is not like this.  The Key lime  "pie" as we know it has a graham cracker crust with a creamy citrusy filling.  Therefore I like to call it a

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Saw this on Anderson Cooper's 360...I can't help but watch it over and over again.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8

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I realize that it as been quite a while since I last posted something up. To carry on from the last post, my strawberry plant did not do quite as well as I had hoped. It had grown and the leaves are large and bright green, and small white flowers have continually popped up. However, the berries never formed larger than half of my pinky fingernail. So, my attempts at strawberries has

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It's been a while since I last posted...and I just started this! Unbelievable. Anyway, since the last post about three weeks ago, my strawberries have grown up a bit. Taking advice from Kayla to use a florescent light, a leaf grew within one week (it kind of looks like holly from this angle): Since then, I've had done some research on the internet on how to take care of them properly. I spent

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Earlier this year, we were invited to a French house party with the theme "American Idol". Everyone was to dress up as a musician celebrity and perform an act. I was hesitant to do any performance, but the hosts said that as long as I dressed up, they didn't care. So Thomas and I were trying to think of ideas as to whom we should go as... Sonny and Cher was thrown around, except Cher was the

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About two years ago, I started getting interested in gardening. Why, I am not completely sure. I've never thought that I had any shade of green thumb, and one of things I hated the most growing up was mowing the lawn. Ugh. But with my interest in cooking, it was becaming more important to me to use fresh ingredients, and so I've been trying my hand at growing herbs for the past two years. This

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Yay! My first blog!I wanted to start this blog to have an outlet that everyone can get to and be updated on what I am currently doing. My life really isn't that exciting, but I want share stories about things that happen and what I learn on the way. If anything else, it may help you sleep if you are suffering from insomnia.I also hope to hear from everyone else. Let me know when you think I've

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