Author: loida

It’s Christmas time again, a time to both celebrate and look back on the year that has been. And for our kitchen, here’s to update on some of our small wins as well as lessons learned — all which we’re grateful for during the second half of the year. In July, while our teenager was […]

Since I missed writing a blog at the start of the year, this now serves as my year-starter entry. So, happy new year everyone! A lot of changes have happened, especially in the past six months. Many of those were totally new to me. Thus, while adjusting, I’m also trying to embrace them with gratitude […]

Yes, it may seem the longest lull ever in our little kitchen since the last story we shared was two Christmases ago. The truth, however, is that we’re still up and running! And behind the ‘quiet calm’, we still have some busy moments in the kitchen. Our pre-teen invading the kitchen was the highlight of […]

I can’t imagine it’s taken me eight months to be able to write and post another blog. I must say that silence didn’t mean inactivity though. It’s just a kind of slowing down phase perhaps since the kiddo (and I) have been trying to achieve some health goals this year. It’s honestly a struggle balancing […]

I must admit, many of the food I post are on this white, ceramic round plate with blue and black print on the side. The print is a face of a boy excitedly looking at what is served on the plate. I honestly do not have a lot of “fancy” plating dishes to use. Among […]

Weeks before the kiddo’s birthday, I was already planning for a birthday cake for him. I considered baking a carrot or a purple yam cake, which I thought would be manageable given my skill level. However, the month of February got so busy with work and family activities that I was not able to devote […]

Several weeks ago, the kiddo had a lesson about essay writing. It was introduced through a narrative that compares and contrasts bagels and donuts. Expectedly, he requested that we make these breads. I, honestly, am not a fan of donuts because I find them too sweet most of the time — yes, even the honey […]

To quote from my second to the last blog, “In sourdough breadmaking, the baker develops a sense of fondness for and attachment to the experience. The process … is somewhat a kind of delicate relationship that the baker nourishes in anticipation of the end result. That is, a sourdough bread that is always unique.” And […]

I first learned about baklava from a TV series my husband and I watched on Netflix. It’s one of the favorite delicacies of the well traveled lead actor in the series. I got curious with how it’s made but didn’t put much thought about baking one myself until I saw one being sold at a […]

I recently came across the quote “Happiness is the smell of freshly baked bread” on the internet. Then I realized that of all the breads I bake, this quote is particularly true for me when it comes to sourdough bread. As I have shared in my past blogs, the process of sourdough breadmaking is more […]