By: Marisa

Cherry Cola Ham isn’t as strange as you’d think… One of the reasons I enjoyed blogging, particularly in the early years, is just how much stuff it forced me to discover in the name of culinary experimentation. One blog post would have me up half the night reading up on everything from why coconut oil tastes…

I feel about caramelish things the way some people do about chocolate. 🙂 (Although there is no way I can wrap my head around that fish-sauce caramel. Eeeeyurgh.) I made my milk jam/confiture de lait/dulce de leche in a crock-pot on low setting, because I hate being tied to the stove and fretting about scorching…

Amsterdam was not a foodie trip, but I did manage to cross off some important Dutch must-haves during my two nights stay. There was a deceptively light-looking, but incredibly filling bacon and spinach pancake (Pancakes!), the best fries ever (Vlaams Friteshuis), a slice of Dutch apple pie, and Indonesian food (Sie Joe). I regretfully ate…

Firstly, Happy New Year! I hope everyone’s start to 2017 has been lovely. I had a wonderful Christmas and New Year break which capped off a pretty good 2016. I feel last year was universally branded the worst year ever (I’m still reeling over George Michael’s death) but I can’t complain personally. It was a…