A simple vegetable recipe is not terribly flashy, but it is one of the most valuable things to have around.  

I hate to complain about a washing machine.  I am very glad to have one.  As a volunteer in Romania, I spent

Since we are only about a week into the New Year, I wanted to keep this dinner to something light and easy.  

I found a fantastic yoga studio here in Bangkok and have thrown myself back into yoga after what has likely be

Before we moved to Bangkok, people told us that we would be able to find "everything" here.  For the most par

It was last week, on Christmas morning, that I nearly had a baking catastrophe on my hands.  We were still lo

  I swear that there was something in the air this week.  Something dough-scented, laced with cinnamon-s

Okay, okay - I know what you're thinking.  Right about now, you're probably rolling your eyes and saying to y

Last night, it was around 20 minutes past the time that I was supposed to meet my husband for our weekly date-

There is so much buzz today on the web about the snowstorm that hit the Northeast this week, which makes me mi

The great mystery of the holidays is that no matter what we do, so many of us spend the season feeling endless

Although very few people in Thailand celebrate Christmas, the streets of Bangkok are filled with signs of the

It doesn't feel like Christmas outside, but nothing makes it feel like Christmas inside like decorated sugar c

I have to confess that, after many years as a nearly weekly customer at my local farmers' market in DC, I have

Press cookies (the simple buttery ones that come from a funny little dough gun) never wowed me.  I love the f

Fried rice is served in nearly every casual restaurant in Bangkok, plus out of steaming hot woks at street ven

Yesterday was my friend Kristine's birthday (technically still is where she lives), so I wanted to make a swee

I love breakfast.  Eggs and toast, and even simple breakfasts of fruit or a bowl of plain yogurt make me happ

I've decided that fish sauce is totally undeserving of its somewhat questionable reputation.  I expected to b

It was gray and breezy in Bangkok today – enough so that it made me think of winter weather and the comforti

It is quickly becoming apparent that pineapple will be a stable in this Bangkok kitchen.  After my pineapple

I realized over the past few weeks that it is possible that I have never had fresh pineapple that tasted the w

I realized this morning that my freezer is (literally, as in, houses only 2 trays of ice cubes) bare - a state

I'd been thinking about my last tapioca pearl undertaking and wanted to try it with a different spin.  I prep

Last week Frank and I took a cooking class at the Baipai Cooking School.  Should you come to Bangkok, you MUS

This is a flavorful recipe that can be prepared early and thrown together at the last minute.  I recommend it

Yesterday I found myself with a pile of greens that I had bought without a plan for cooking.  In the mix was

This is an incredibly useful recipe from Smitten Kitchen.  Click here (scroll to the bottom of the page) for

Bubble Tea. It's everywhere. You can find it in the Skytrain stations, busy street corners and every mall. Man