Kitchen Sink Pate Bahn Mi

Kitchen Sink Pate Bahn Mi

This week has been… less than pleasant so I decided to make something I’ve been craving ever since I saw it on the Netflix show Street Food Asia—a Vietnamese Pate Bahn Mi. Created during the French colonization of Vietnam, both baguette and pate were introduced 

Bed and Breakfast Diary Part 2

Bed and Breakfast Diary Part 2

I’ve been pretty much confined to a bed for almost 10 days now with COVID. Yeah, it sucks. Yeah, we know how we got it (husband came into contact with someone and brought it home.) Yeah, it was literally right after we got the first 

Cucumber Sandwich With Dill Cream Cheese

Cucumber Sandwich With Dill Cream Cheese

I didn’t grow cucumbers this year but luckily a friend did (and what cucumbers they grew!) I traded them a jar of floral raspberry jam, and ferreted home a bag of cucumbers as thick as my wrist (I clearly came out on top in this 

Cucumber Shiso Salad

Cucumber Shiso Salad

A quick pickle with shiso, meant to be eaten as a side dish. I like roughly chopping the shiso but some people might prefer mincing it. This is a great way to use shiso if you have an abundance of them (red, green, or Korean 

Szechuan Zha Jiang Mian

Szechuan Zha Jiang Mian

A friend of mine came over the other day and gave me cucumbers and carrots they grew, two things I did not have the chance to plant this year (nor do I have the space, currently, as the annual bed is full.) I can understand