Go ahead. Confess. Instead of sampling the ambiguous cuisine surrounding you in your travels abroad, you chose a Big Mac at the Golden Arches. Understandable. McDonald’s offers certainty plus easy-on-the-pocketbook prices. You can exhale as you scan the menu; a parade of standards marching by…Until oh, so suddenly anomalies appear. In Japan, you may have seen Ume (plum) Nuggets.
Ready for Christmas in July? Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners cookbooks are being given away at this week’s #SundaySupper at Twitter...If you’ve followed Sara’s culinary adventures via her cookbooks or appearances on Good Morning America or public television (Sara’s Weeknight Meals), you are probably aware that her mentor was Julia Child.
Giggling children skip and jump through garden sprinklers. Steaks sizzle on barbecues. Star-spangled fireworks decorate velvet skies. It’s summertime in the USA; the season of summer parties and Independence Day festivities.
At the SundaySupper at Twitter, we are celebrating Desserts In A Jar - the creation of innovator, mompreneur of 4, photographer and food blogger, Shaina Olmanson. Her cookbook has inspired many of us to create our own dessert in a jar. My Midori Melon Flower Cupcake recipe follows.
Today’s Father’s Day #SundaySupper is all about Dad. Food bloggers from around the world are setting forth their best dishes for the patriarchs of their families...Shoot for the Stars Chocolate Cupcakes are my contribution to the virtual party. As a metaphor for aiming and scoring high, I made edible mini basketballs.
Food revolutions are sweeping across America. Despite the statistics about the unhealthy eating habits in the U.S., the good word about gluten-free and dairy-free dishes and desserts is getting out.
I made Berrylicious Raspberry Ice Cream for #SundaySupper. My first time rendezvous with the soft serve ice cream maker was a success. (Yay!) The raspberries - although frozen - tasted as if they’d been plucked off the vine and dunked in cream.
Summer in Japan is sweltering hot. Fans work overtime. Shutters are thrown wide open. The occasional breeze will set off the sounds of the furin garden wind chimes. Light and lovely, it’s as if fairies are making music.
Sounds of rain tap dancing on rooftops are a frequent occurrence in June. The good news is that all that water encourages gorgeous flowers to flourish. So, in July and August, to escape the hot indoors and to enjoy the flora offered by a myriad of parks, families take their Sunday Supper in the great outdoors.
May 5 brings festivity, feasts and honors the strength of soldiers and samurai on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. In the U.S, Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over the French in the 1800s.
On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese celebrate Boy’s Day. Currently, the politically correctly term is Children’s Day. The national holiday is devoted to the happiness of little ones.
Challenge Thyself. That was the decree for this week's #SundaySupper. The Ninja Baker picked Rice Krispie Treats as her challenge. Go ahead - laugh!
