recipes
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Fluff’s Fiery Sauce
My ethnic background is Burmese-Chinese and Taiwanese, with Thai influences. I got a massive love for Southeast Asian food. What gets me sucked in is the complexity of spices, citrus, pickling, and raw flavors, with a hint of sweetness all packed in one punch in every bite. This practically tingles my tongue. I’m a sauce girl. Maybe it’s from my Taiwanese side where the majority of the foods I liked, whether vegetable or meat, was boiled and you dip it for all that additional flavor…ugh now I’m hungry! It could also be my Burmese side where we consume a lot of spices and liquids in salads, rice, soups, etc. Growing…
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An Ode to Coffee
Coffee. This elixir that the majority of people consume to get that burst of energy early in the morning to get through the first half of our day. This black liquid can change into multiple shades of brown with a touch of milk or creamer. The flavors can be altered to hazelnut, vanilla, honey, caramel, or anything of your choice. Fruit flavors I highly do not recommend. However, besides the amazingness of this, it’s got quite a colorful and painful history for everyone to have the privilege to drink such liquid gold. The beans themselves can bring the toughest person down just as a cup of this liquid gold can…