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outside of my window right now

and remembering Nathaniel Yangco…

Haven’t seen Linda for ever, so happy she is here today for brunch. And HuaHua is spoiled rotten with all the new toys from her and Michael

My tradition of roasting two Peking Ducks for the Chinese New Year’s Eve party continues this year, grateful that I have so many friends to celebrate it with

Happy Chinese New Year! It is in soooo many ways, a whole new beginning of my life

Bacon Wrapped Date Stuffed with Smoked Almond

Shrimp Burgers with Mango Avocado Salsa

Raw Vegan Ginger Carrot Soup

Chicken Yakitori

Tuna Tartare with Spicy Mayo

Seafood Paella

Raspberry Creme Brulee

Couldn’t resist sharing this, every time I look at it, I laugh like a silly little kid — had a ball this New Year’s Eve. Will post pictures of food I made when they are sent to me

Jed and Chris (since when I started hanging with 21 year olds?! lol) at the piano, video length 4 min 43 sec

So, a note of warning… excuse me for my outbursts of “I love you, Jed”… It was late, and there were only a few of us left lol

and no, it wasn’t me humming, and no, I didn’t start playing “Right Here Waiting” this time, and no, it wasn’t my hand, and yes, it was my knee…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Can’t believe I made Miya grilled porterhouse with ground porcini mushroom dry rub after I had just seen the documentary “Food Inc” at the Film Forum 2 weeks ago… well, this was per request… hah, smelled like very animal-ie flesh and bloody thing-ie to me =P

Miya and her porterhouse.

A pitcher of fruity sangria for her and a very big glass of PLAIN OLD BORING WATER for me

thought this looks a bit MOMA-esque modern-ish strange

another gorgeous night up in the roof garden

Stumbled upon takoyaki making videos on YouTube, couldn’t help myself but ordered an electric takoyaki grill from Japan!

Takoyaki & Okonomiyaki, and Moto’s Guinness

bff Celine’s baby girl is due next month! HAPPY

Moto, a fab composer, Celine’s hubby Robert’s bff since college!

Fun night making lots of Japanese food on the pre-4th of July weekend

raw agave rum raisin & raw honey white wine fresh strawberry 6 hour “pickle”

made yummy Okonomiyaki (aka Japanese pizza) for Miya, you can see my fav food — raw broccoli on the bottom of the photo

Strawberry honey pickle in bubbly

YUMMY COCKTAIL POPSICLES!!!
Blue Lagoon Pops ~ maraschino cherries, vodka, blue curaçao, raw agave, lemon juice

Tequila Sunrise Pops ~ orange juice, tequila, campari

home made Red Bean Soy Milk Ice Cream ~ love my soy milk machine

beautiful night in my roof garden…

For no reason at all, I baked some heart shaped raisin scones for the first time (they were fabulous btw!!), a fresh loaf of 12 grain bread, and cooked up a big pot of vege soup this afternoon. Facebooked bff Linda over and she just came — after her busy day treating patients! — she makes me happy We had the loveliest time on my roof garden, the day was beautiful…

 

love her!!! 

Making dinner at bff Linda’s last night. Had mover packed up all my books — didn’t have enough time nor resources to sketch up a more complexed menu… But it was still a tasty dinner, well, I assume, and as I was told since I didn’t eat any of the food — on the 4th day of my raw vege juice fast — trying to regain my health. 

Chilled Yellow Tomato Soup with Avocado Sorbet (my fav soup in the world)

Arugula and Watercress Salad with Vanilla Bean and Cracked Pepper Dressing

Pappardelle Bolognese (one of my favorite things to make, love making pasta from scratch and Mario Batali’s Bolognese recipe is to die for…)

Espresso Torrone with Drunken Cherries

Went off to hear my dear friend Jed‘s jazz piano performance after at Cafe Vivaldi, the lady singing in the clip actually works at the cafe bar… Enjoyed it very much, fun night