what's cooking...

What's cooking for this gloomy Labor day weekend... Castle and I made some cheese bread and he seared the blackened salmon to perfection. Spicy tasty fish. My housemates made refreshing delicious gazpacho topped with avocado and cilantro. They also steamed the mussels with some really great flavours.

hummus

A great healthy meal to get in West Philly, Hummus, middle Eastern food. Castle and I were heading to see an out door concert in West Philly, and needed to grab something quick to eat. Hummus was just the place, we got the beets salad which was wonderful and refreshing, along with the hummus and chicken sandwiches.

Strange Stills

Check out more of Yumiko Utsu's works at her site.

what's cooking...

Tomatoes season! I bought a few varieties of local tomatoes from the Reading Terminal market, and with fresh mozzarella and basil from my yard, made some colorful Bruschetta. My basil plant is growing wild! Need to use them more often.

what i am currently snacking on

Archer Farms Amaretto Cherry Gelato from Target on brownies. Imported from Italy, the Gelato is very soft and creamy; perfect to go with bake goodies.

Ice Pops for the young at heart

Looking for cooling sweets for summer, how about a lime-jalapeno ice pop or a watermelon pop? you can get these ice pops recipes and more HERE.

Olympic Meal

How much does an average Olympian eat in a day? The website Nowness commissioned creative duo Sarah Parker and Michael Bodiam, along with sports nutritionist Dan Benardot, to create a display of one big plate.

Peach Tart

With the sweet juicy peaches picked last weekend, Castle made this beautiful fruit tart. O! I how I love fruit tarts!

what's cooking...

Simple whole wheat gnocchi with vegetables.

Korean Soft Tofu

There aren't any great Korean restaurant in the city. So it's a treat to enjoy a good Korean soft tofu dinner at Jong Ka Jib Soft Tofu Restaurant, just north of the city. O so tasty! If I have a car, I will go there often.

Peach Picking

It's the lovely season of peaches. Castle and I went to the orchards and did some picking and lots of munching. Quite an enjoyable afternoon picking peaches straight off the trees and taking sweet bites.

what's cooking...

I love fish, and the other day, I bought red snapper and porgy fish for the grilling. I rubbed the fish with oil and garlic and lemon, seasoned them with salt. Simple. Then Dr. Castle did the grilling. It was a great meal, and I am definitely going to do more fish grilling.

Fruits 12 ways

Check out this page on New York Time, with 12 beautiful, colorful ways to eat fruits.

Homemade Kimchee

My housemate created these beautiful vibrant color jars of fermenting cabbages, Kimchee. I really like the flavours, although they are too spicy for me to handle.

what's cooking...

I bought a pound of dried figs, and is too much to eat them on their own, therefore I decided to use them in a dish. I made pan seared trout topped with figs vinaigrette sauce and walnuts. The figs are quite sweet, good to have them with rice and steamed vegetables.

The Industry

Dr. Castle and I are quite excited that a new food place opened in my neighborhood, the INDUSTRY. He is hoping for a nice bar and I am looking for good eats. We tried it out the other day. Dr. Castle was really happy with the beer selection, one of his favorite was on tap, Ale Smith. He ordered the burger, which was tasty and a nice basic burger. As for me, I just want to snack on many, so I had the pork nuggets and veggie fritters. The veggie fritters were disappointing, nothing special just fried balls. However, the pork nuggets were really quite good; very juicy inside and nicely crusted. The flavor was wonderful. For dessert I had the berry shortcake, was a nice one for the hot summer, quite lovely. I will definitely go back and try some of their other dishes, plus the place is so close by.