A little while ago I found out that a friend of ours has developed quite a craving for sirniki. Sirniki in this part of the world are also known as Farmer’s Cheese Pancakes. I promised our friend I that I will make sirniki and document the steps so that she can enjoy them, in the [...]

If you follow Smitten Kitchen, (as if I may be so lucky to share some of the same fans) you probably read the breakfast pizza post that was featured by of Smitten Kitchen.
As I commented on that post and said that I will definitely be trying out the recipe, I had to keep [...]

I absolutely have to share the lunch experience I had today. A regular Friday started as a pretty nice, warm and promising day. However, no big plans were made for lunch as there is always plenty of work to keep me busy during the lunch hour.
One of my coworkers suggested going out for lunch and [...]

Over a relatively short period of time I accumulated what I would consider to be a large collection of recipes. Whether it be from cookbooks, cooking magazines, the internet or from family members, I now have a drawer full of recipes.
Since it’s only truly on Sundays that we could allow ourselves a lazy morning, [...]

It’s Thursday night, one more work day and the weekend will be upon us once again. To celebrate this last night before the weekend, I decided to cook up a dinner. I’ve wanted to make a soba noodle dish for a while. Finally, I got my hands on a great recipe, thanks to my Food [...]

It’s almost the end of the week and I am exhilarated for the weekend. After a long day at work, I decided to distract myself and bake. Granted I am not much of a baker, but I saw a recipe for brownies in my mother-in-law’s issue of Cooking Light magazine. I was surprised to find [...]

There was a time in not such a distant past when we would meet with our friends V&I and R&M for Sunday brunch in various restaurants in San Francisco. For a while there, our tradition was abandoned due to busy social calendars and other commitments.
This past Sunday we reinvigorated our tradition of Sunday Brunch. [...]