I made a creamy seafood pasta at my most recent catering event. I was shooting for fresh and new but ended up in a nostalgic flavor that brought me straight to my childhood. One of …
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I found these purple cauliflower in the market the other day. The color was a light purple but after cooking it became a darker purple. The taste was just like any other cauliflower. However, there …
Just saw Gwyneth Paltrow on CMA Awards. Her performance was amazing and it totally beats Cruisin’ with Huey Lewis. You can see a hint of nervousness but around midway she starts having fun with it. …
Props to Waikiki! There’s something to the lyrics but I think I’m just a little more excited knowing he’s Filipino/Puerto Rican. I guess it doesn’t hurt to have Nathalie Kelley in the video. It makes …
You have to love Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake especially if they are costarring in the same movie! I just saw the trailer for “Friends With Benefits” and it looks like a fun movie. The …
Here’s a system to help create a streamlined process to organize a weekly menu in your household. This menu planner is broken down into breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. The other part of this system …
I’m having one of those days…
Tripping out
Spinning around
I’m underground, I fell down
I fell down
I’m freaking out
So where am I now?
Upside down
And I can’t stop it now
It can’t stop me now
I, I’ll get by
I, I’ll survive
When …
I had bacon on my mind all day. Not sure why or what. It could have been a combination of memories: Saturday morning, cartoons, orange juice, and bacon.
Surprisingly I only have about a slice of …
University of Guam Pacific Islander students who need assistance in developing their math skills will have more support thanks to a five-year $1.3M grant from the U.S. Department of Education Asian American and Native American …
Halloween is officially over! It’s about 10PM and the kids have stopped coming to the door. This year we carved 4 pumpkins and I took advantage of the seeds. I roast the pumpkin innards once …
Experimenting with food is fun but it has a price. Sometimes you buy ingredents that you’ll never use, you buy too many ingredients, or worse case you FAIL. A few days ago, I posted a …
There are a number of stores in the San Francisco Bay Area where you can buy guitars, basses, drums, keyboards, PA systems, DJ, and other musical equipment. A good chunk of these stores are 50% …
I was on vacation recently and decided to go back to my southern roots. Lucky for me I had some green tomatoes in the refrigerator (the intent was not to make fried green tomatoes). Too …
About 12 years ago I ate at Planet Hollywood Guam and had one of the most amazing pieces of fried chicken strips ever. It was called Cap’n Crunch Chicken. Since then I’ve been making this …
I decided to make these cake pops to hand out as Valentine grams. Chocolate cake center, candy outer layer.
Just wanted to add some lessons learned from this batch:
Wait for cake to cool before adding icing.
Don’t …
Last August I moved offices to another location. At my old location, I believed food fell from the sky…in the form of cupcakes. Sweets showing up at my door seemed to be a frequent occurrence …
I read a lot of resumes. It is no secret that a lot of people still get resume-writing and cover letter writing dead wrong, but it is usually because they really haven’t tried. But a …
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