Happy International Day of Happiness Everyone! What makes you happy? Well, go do it!
Today I reflect - nothing makes me happier than cooking for people, especially family. I love holidays, feasts, celebrations, parties, guests. Any opportunity that puts in front of me some people that I can cook for and, more importantly, watch eat makes me verrry happy. I just love watching people eat. I would actually say, in jest, it's a favorite pastime of mine and a great motivation for my culinary efforts :P
Today I reflect - nothing makes me happier than cooking for people, especially family. I love holidays, feasts, celebrations, parties, guests. Any opportunity that puts in front of me some people that I can cook for and, more importantly, watch eat makes me verrry happy. I just love watching people eat. I would actually say, in jest, it's a favorite pastime of mine and a great motivation for my culinary efforts :P
So, that's what makes me happy, feeding loved ones and having them satisfied and bellies full. The following are a mishmash of some special dishes (in the sense that they hold special meaning to me) I have happily made for family and loved ones...
Starting with Vietnamese pho:
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| Gathering the essential flavours |
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| $80 of flank, chuck, bone, and knuckle, for a good bowl of... |
My mother, an amazing cook herself, taught me this one, my all-time favorite Chinese dish:
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| Schezuan-style pork and string beans |
An old Quebecois lover inspired me to make pulled pork one day, and since then it has been one of my classics:
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| Pulled pork, crispy cayenne potato chips, and spiced apple-pear sauce |
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| Chickpea squash stew on a cold winter day for the bro and sis |
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| My classic salad, my classic dressing |
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| Pear and roasted portobello mushroom quinoa |
Bon appetit!
Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.
chloelnlam@gmail.com
P.S. Today is also Ravioli Day, Kiss Your Fiancé day, Won't You Be My Neighbour Day, and Snowman Burning Day... all stuff I have to try next year.
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