Culinary Musing of a Silicon Valley Mom

Japanese gyudon (gyu is beef, don is rice bowl in Japanese), a variation of sukiyaki, is one of the popular dishes from Japan in the States....

Because Indonesia is a tropical country, there are countless of cold drinks available year round.  Instead of ice cream, we drink or eat slu...

For hot summer days, some of us crave for "cold" food to cool us down.  Japanese cold ramen is one of those foods.  I believe it i...

Southeast Asian salads from Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma (at least these are the ones that I am familiar with) share common ingredi...

This is one of my family favorite vegetarian dishes.  It only has two main ingredients with few seasonings for braising.  Needless to say, t...

Kimchi soft tofu stew (soup) is a popular Korean dish.  It is comforting to eat on a cold day.  We make it often during cold winter months. ...

Chocolate chip cookie is an all time American favorite cookie for all ages.  In the corporate cafe where I work, these cookies are gone in a...

This is a simple recipe that is almost impossible to go wrong. Chard is highly nutritious and considered one of the healthiest vegetables ou...