Fry Foods
April 17, 2010 by lita
Filed under Seafood and Meat, Utensils and Appliances
I fry foods once or twice a week, as the kids love their bite-size breaded chicken wings to go with steamed rice and some mild veggie or boiled-egg curry.
Traditionally, in my mother’s household, we fry foods in a thick black wok, but you need a specific stove ring to hold up the wok firmly from [...]
Buying an Espresso Machine
April 10, 2010 by lita
Filed under Beverage, Utensils and Appliances
As a gift for someone else, is not an easy task, especially when I am not exactly a coffee drinker.
I mean, whenever I visit friends and family, if offered coffee, I would take it, no problems.
Image by blmurch via Flickr
But at home, it is not automatic for me to have coffee in any drinking liquid [...]
Getting an Electric Rice Cooker
April 3, 2010 by lita
Filed under Culinary Style, Utensils and Appliances
I thought I had finalized my decision to just get a simple rice cooker when I gave away my old simple, yet still functioning rice cooker to my daily helper. I offered to get her a brand new one, but she would have none of it. However, she insisted I get a better one, [...]
Rice and Shine
March 27, 2010 by lita
Filed under Culinary Style, Utensils and Appliances
Image by Emily Barney via Flickr
Criterias for Choosing A Bread Maker
March 20, 2010 by lita
Filed under Baking and Desserts, Utensils and Appliances
Picking up where we left off last week..
Here’s my list to quickly recap what I have discussed last week and the remaining criterias I set for the appliance.
a) Size of loaf and machine: Usually a toss between 1lb or 2lb loaf maker. You need to choose one that would fit your household consumption requirement, or [...]


