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"...90% of adult bone mass is acquired in girls by the age of 18! That means that after 18, you have only 10% of your bone mass that you can still build". That makes me in the same category! And calling me to participate in this Beautiful Bones event hosted by Susan of FoodBlogga.We should strike a balance in calcium-rich food. Tap them from different sources and not just …
Taken at The Fish Market, Palo AltoDungeness Crab season usually runs from November till June in the West Coast, United States. Here are a few places you can have these crabs in San Francisco, Bay Area and along the Coast (Monterey, CA)Fishermen's Grotto #9 Fishermen's Wharf , San Francisco-->Hear about our revenge.The Fish Market3150 El Camino RealPalo Alto, CA 94306Other …
Most of the times, car rental is relatively easy in a planned free and easy vacation. Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, United States - select "pick up", "drop off" locations and time, specify your preferred choice(model) of vehicle and off you go. It is the flexibility and convenience that you enjoy when you are able to drive around visiting attractions and …
Weekend set lunchSome restaurants/eateries offer lunch and dinner set-meal promotions during the weekend. Some do so during the weekdays (usually to boost the otherwise poor business); some do so everyday. It depends on the business strategy of the restaurant owners.Do set-meals spell trouble - mass-produced poor quality food? Most of the times, maybe? It depends.We ordered …
Share Any PhotoThe locals in Hong Kong enjoy flipping and reading the newspapers especially during dim-sum breakfast and (I guess) as long as they are not rushed over giving up their seats …
It was so sweet for Mochachocolatarita to invite us to join the Chinese take-out party. I was on the verge of declining the "invite" because I have not been cooking lately. I am truly the …
We heard this roasted goose restaurant suffered drastically in business during the bird flu epidemic few years back. That was when they started offering seafood items in their menu.I rathe …
Time passed by without my notice. Just few weeks ago, I was writing about Renuzit TriScents Home Makeover. You know what? They are fast and the semi-finalist gallery is already up! Up for votes! There are ten semifinalists of which ONE will win the $20,000 Home Makeover. Even if I did not participate, I was interested to view the entries. I visited the semi-finalist gallery …
Singapore Chili Crabs PrawnsIf you like spicy prawns that goes with steamed rice, you will also like Assam Pineapple Prawns - a tamarind-based spice-loaded seafood dish. OH no no, you just want Singapore Chili Crabs, nothing else but Singapore Chili Crabs. Okie...I give you a cheat-sheet to Singapore Chilli Crabs. Be good. OH no no...boo hoo hoo (me), you have pride and wants …
I prefer to slow cook a good ol' beef stew. Tender chunks of beef, the flavorful essence in the beef stew gravy...and easiest cooking ever! Since I cannot put my slow cooker to good use here (why can't the world standardize on the electrical usage and voltage?), I could only try the other way, to slowly braise the beef stew in a sauce pan. This braised Pearl Onion Beef Stew …
Stretch your dollar, stretch your buck. Is that the hottest latest buzzword? It must be. When prices of groceries shoot up double- or even triple-fold, many families are looking for ways to save in their other expenditure. No more shopping. No more traveling. The hierarchy of needs asks to satisfy the basics first. Other luxuries can wait. But you do not need to wait when it …
Shaoxing Wine 紹興酒, taken at Puli 埔里 - Nantou county 南投 , TaiwanI guess most of you, who cook, keep a bottle of cooking wine at home or your kitchen pantry, either it's (colorless) rice win …
I try to be wordless but just could not help it!Now...if you are a foreigner in Macau and does not read Mandarin, would you jump at this menu?Mild one to start with...What is Soaked Chick? …
Mushrooms, mushrooms....mushh....Vrrrrrooooooooom!From left: oyster, velvet pioppino, cloud ear or wood ear(black fungus), coralI was pleased - first, it came in an assortment; second, it …
What did you have for breakfast today?A simple question for the most important meal of the day. Forget peanut butter lunch, and save one-pot/one-dish meals for dinner.For many, breakfast is a meal to start you off with energy, and comfort your soul for the rest of the day. Back in the US, we usually ran out of breakfast options and variety. This is THE meal which made us …
Unique/funny signsFancy calling your product - Stupid Ice Tea...Hmmm...probably they wanted a unique name such that it stands out from the crowd. They may have a unique name but their tea - I'm not sure. I just find it funny :DDo you like coffee or tea?
I got myself some organic Chinese herb tea the other day, in an organic shop. They are just the exact herbs-ingredients I wanted, to mix with some leftover sliced American ginseng bits. Ho …
The battle of fish fillets vs whole fish ! Steamed fish fillet rolls , steamed halibut fillets, pan fried fillets, I realized I have been dealing with fillets all this while in my home kitchen. While I can easily get hold of fish fillets in the US grocery stores and whole fish from some of the bigger Asian-based grocery stores (eg Ranch99) in California, USA, I realized I …
Remember my miserable lunch bread + peanut butter + pork floss ...I think I got some of you into trouble - you lost your appetite! Now...how about...Dinner! ...It's oyster sauce-flavored chicken A countable few slices of abaloneplus mini-shitake mushrooms (added while braising oyster sauce chicken wings)Shitake mushrooms as cute and mini as raisinsthen cooked (and warmed) …
This is Stir Fried Chayote Shoots -龍鬚菜 , literally meaning Dragon-Beard or Dragon-Whisker vegetable. Chayotes are widely planted for its shoot in Taiwan and usually consumed with the young …
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