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Food in BKK - Ruen Mallika
Protests be damned - one still has to eat. With a couple of friends in town from San Francisco, we headed out Saturday evening to Ruen Mallika, a long-standing Sukhumvit area restaurant that specializes in Palace Cuisi… -
My First Attempt at Making Mozzarella Cheese
As you may know, a lot of my choices of what to cook are dictated by my desire to try new things, to understand the characteristics of individual ingredients and the techniques used to coax the most flavor out of them… -
Dining on Sukhumvit Soi 38, A Thai Side Street
Our friend Jackson is in town from San Francisco, his first time back since late 2006. The other evening we took him for dinner to Sukhumvit Soi 38, a side street near the Thong Lo BTS station known for its nighttime ea… -
Almond Tuiles
Last month Sheldon broke in his new kitchen with a batch of almond tuiles, a crisp, wafer-like cookie made with almond flour. They looked beautiful and since I had some extra almond flour left over from the macarons, t… -
Beet Root Pizza
I try my darnedest to support local and sustainable farming practices. This is something of a new industry here in Thailand, although I guess you could say it is really an old industry coming back around, since until a… -
My Second Attempts at Macarons
A week ago Sunday, Tawn's friend Pat came over to teach us how to make French macarons. The results were tasty but technically flawed, thanks to my inexperience. Wanting to master the secrets of this elusive, meringue-… -
My Adventures in Italian Cooking - "Delizioso"
Everybody has a different cooking personality, some are rigid and by-the-recipe people, others are rebellious free-form experimenters who have never cracked open a cookbook in their life. I'm definitely more of a "Hmmm.… -
Macarons vs. Macaroons: Have You Been Caught Up in This Latest Pastry Craze?
Macarons vs. macaroons: Have you been caught up in this latest pastry craze? While macaroons are the dry piles of coconut often dipped in chocolate, macarons are a French confection made of almond flour and meringue, ba…
About christao408@xanga
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- From: christao408@xanga
- Name: Chris
- Location: Krung Thep, Thailand
- About Me: The adventures of an American expatriate in Thailand who left San Francisco in October 2005 to follow his husband to the Big Mango. I'm a collector of experiences, an observer of the world and a maker of friends. Want to know more about me? Read this entry: http://christao408.xanga.com/721950435/getting-to-know-me/
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