Author: loida

While baked and sweet treats as well as occasional tries of some Western and Asian recipes excite me, my palette still craves for the savory dishes I’ve grown up eating. Not everything might be considered a healthy option, but the occasional salty and spicy (and fatty) dishes do have their own charm. One simple dish […]

Among other things, I have fascination with cheese. I find it very interesting — both process and product. I love watching cheesemaking videos, even repetitive at times. It’s actually my dream to visit a cheese factory in Europe (where the usual settings of the videos I watch are) and get inside a cheese cellar. I […]

Back in my elementary and high school days, I had to sell items of sorts like snacks, inexpensive accessories, among others, both in school and in the neighborhood. As an adult, I also experienced selling shirts, cosmetics, and even food supplement to my officemates. Those were my experiences in retail. To buy ingredients, bake, design, […]

It’s only after six months into sourdough breadmaking that I was able to get a proper scoring tool, a baker’s lame. While getting one isn’t a must, it helps create really nice designs on bread which enhances the baker’s experience. Scoring bread is both for utility and aesthetics purposes. Expansion scores are deeper cuts that […]

Weeks before his birthday, the kiddo had already planned the treats he wanted. These included rainbow cakes, cupcakes with rainbow frosting, croissant with different fillings, cookies and cream ice cream, pizza, and Chinese food. My kitchen, however, could accommodate only some of his requests. Good thing, there’s takeout order option. As I mentioned in my […]

It’s gonna be the kiddo’s birthday in two weeks’ time. And since I haven’t made a ‘real’ cake yet, I decided to have a practice today. I’ve been wanting to bake a nice birthday cake for him at least once while he can still genuinely appreciate it. Last year, it was just cupcakes. The original […]

After two weeks, my buddy is back! I am so happy. I thought it would take longer before I could have her again in the kitchen. A few days after my stand mixer broke, my hubby bought a replacement part from an online store. When his order finally arrived, he patiently followed the video tutorial […]

I lived with my Aunt and her family in the late 1980s. They loved gardening! Well, her husband is an agriculturist. The front yard was filled with ornamental plants while the back yard had vegetables and some fruit-bearing trees. There was a time when they even cultivated the adjacent vacant lot with vines like string […]

I have been feeling melancholic since the other day because my stand mixer broke. What is a ‘baker’ without one of his key tools? I remember nearly a year ago when I was in a serious decision-making process of whether to get a stand mixer or not. It was a long and challenging process because […]

It’s been a while since I wrote about my last bake of sourdough bread. I did take a short break from writing but had been busy baking. I’m grateful to my sourdough starters that keep on giving! When I look at each freshly baked sourdough bread, I can’t help being amazed. Each bread comes out […]