Churros con chocolate
Deep-fried ridged dough that is crisp outside and soft inside, churros have a long history that may have originated in Portugal, Spain or China, depending on who you ask …
Breads, quickbreads, sandwiches & wraps
We do make bread at home, but we also enjoy making sandwiches and wraps with good quality store bought bread. We like bread with a light crispy crust for making banh mi, we like buns smothered with bread crumbs (nothing beats home baked pandesal), but we're really partial to flatbread and steamed bread especially when stuffed with meat and vegetables.
Also in this section are breakfast muffins which are essentially quickbreads.
Egg in the basket
Also known as egg in the hole, egg in the basket is cooked by cutting a hole at the center of a bread slice, cracking an egg into the hole and cooking them in fat.
Fully-loaded pita pocket
A portable breakfast (or picnic sandwich) that has everything in it — meat, cooked vegetables, eggs, raw vegetables and cheese.
Korean sweet pancakes (hotteok)
Flattened bread dough with syrupy nut and sugar filling cooked on the stovetop. A delicious pancake to enjoy for breakfast or snack with coffee or tea.
Honey sesame biscuits
Year-end holidays often involve baking pies. If you have excess pie crust dough, here's an idea about what you can do with it.
Sausage and apple sandwiches
I’m not a fan of wet sandwiches. I cringe when I see cooks pouring sauce over sandwich filling, and the sauce is just too much that a pool forms on the plate around the …
Cucumber and salami tea sandwiches
Thin slices of cucumber and salami. Mayonnaise mixed with whole grain mustard. White bread, crusts cut off. Perfect for breakfast or snack, with coffee or tea, or pack …