Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Midwest is Best

I don't know if it's because we're headed to Minneapolis-St. Paul next weekend, or if it's because my friends are posting photos from their current trip to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, but I've been feeling nostalgic for the Midwest lately.


Over the past few weeks, I've been thinking about some of the recipes from my childhood, and the one that kept coming to mind was my grandmother's pineapple upside-down cake. Even though I haven't had it for years, I decided on impulse to buy a can of pineapple rings and a jar of maraschino cherries at the grocery store today, and I whipped up my own version of my grandma's recipe.



The hardest part was flipping it over... considering the amount of butter and oil that goes into this cake, you'd think it would be easy to get out in one piece. Luckily, even though I managed to break off a corner, I was able to put it back together enough that you can't really tell the difference! Clearly, I'm a Midwest Diva. :-)



Monday, November 17, 2008

Thai Cooking Night

For your enjoyment... Photos from Thai Cooking Night at our friend's house.


Making banana-leaf boats:




Delicious beef strips:




Banana-leaf boats filled with fish curry, topped with coconut milk, thai basil, and hot peppers:



Abundance:




Crispy fried rice noodles:



Tasty toppings, including fried egg, bean sprouts, green onion, pickled garlic, and tofu: