The Domestic Scientist

I am already getting sick of meat, and if I’m ever going to eat another piece of lamb, I’m going to evolve into a furball and say “Baaaaaaaa”. My hair is already beginning to look like locks of wool. Well, at least the sheep is cuter than the pig… fluffier too. I can be a [...]

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Corny, Bicolored Thoughts

I am never going to boil my corn, ever again.
I never thought of cooking corn inside an oven because I’m used to eating it boiled or grilled. The latter is my least favorite because the corn tends to dry and burn, although I like the smoky flavor. Baked corn on a cob is sweet, juicy, [...]

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Jamming with Strawberries

I’m not a very big fan of Strawberries compared to my sisters. I like super sweet Cherries more, and it saddens me that it’s hard to find the organic version since it is loaded with pesticide. It’s the season because a huge bulk of those Strawberry-filled shiny plastic packs will greet you when you enter [...]

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The Light Stuff

It was a sweltering hot and humid Sunday, and we spent it lying down on a woven mat by the river bank, staring at the bright green maple leaves scattered all over the light blue sky. The bird fluttering from branch to branch looked like a black canvass with predominant bright red smear, and other [...]

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Spearheads

The spearheads are making their presence felt this spring. Wonderful bunch of lavender and forest green colored stalks, cooling their tips in a calm inch of crisp water. I go for the thin spears because I just felt like they are fresher, crispier and spent a short while growing on the earth, thus more unspoiled [...]

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Romancing the Mercury

In a given week or month, I always look forward to the canned seafood day. Not only does it route me to a transpacific trance (no pun intended) to my beloved tropical islands, but also break the monotony of the North American meat diet, ugh, watch those arteries. Growing up in one of [...]

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