May 17th, 2008 | by Athena | published in Breakfast, West
Muesli always ends up mounds and mounds higher than it should.
In Starbucks, parfaits and muesli are reduced to the size of mini cups: lots of pink sugary yogurt with two thin layers of granola or rolled oats, topped with berries that hardly outnumber your fingers. I’ve never tasted the Starbucks ones, but I have tasted [...]
May 14th, 2008 | by Athena | published in Fusion, West, Western Savory
Brocoli, olive oil, red wine vinegar, sesame seed oil, chili sauce, garlic (finely chopped), dash of salt & whatever else.
Broccoli is usually hard, dry, and a bit … well… raw. I came across a NYT article that was musing over the naming of this dish. The article didn’t specifically give the recipe, but inadvertently included [...]
April 24th, 2008 | by Athena | published in Baking, East, Eastern Sweets, West, Western Sweets
University eats up your soul one way or another: it either swamps you socially, overwhelms you academically, or amplifies your isolation as you trek to and from school back home. Thankfully, there are people who actively resist it and take a few plunges into the insanity of cooking amid the frenzy of the semester’s end.
We [...]