August 2020

  • Pierogi (Polish dumplings)

    Pierogi (Polish dumplings)

    My obsession with dumplings continues, and this time I stumbled upon a recipe of a less expected origin: Poland. I’m following @fatdadcooks on Instagram, and one day I saw him post a photo of pan-fried pierogies he got from a friend. Curious, I started looking up recipes for pierogies. Apparently there are so many…

  • Ryzen Build 2020

    Ryzen Build 2020

    This is a consolidation post for all activities related to this Ryzen build. Part 1: Initial Build Part 2: Vertical Mounting Part 3: GPU Upgrade

  • Ryzen Build: Part 2

    Ryzen Build: Part 2

    This was a pretty straightforward installation. I had to dismount the GPU from the case to give me access to the middle PCIe 16x slot that was behind it. Using the lowest slot wasn’t feasible, as the riser cable is quite long and I didn’t want to fold it too much. I noticed that…

  • Crescia al Formaggio

    Crescia al Formaggio

    Tons of Parmesan in the freezer for me to clear out. Best place to get ideas for good bread recipes is of course King Arthur Flour, and this Crescia al Formaggio came up quite highly rated. This was a rather low-touch bread which didn’t need much work, but required quite some patience due to…

  • Chinese Beef Pies (Xian Bing)

    Chinese Beef Pies (Xian Bing)

    This recipe from XiaoGaoJie (小高姐) came up in my YouTube feed and looked super interesting. I finally busted out my KitchenAid Artisan mixer, and made both the dough and the filling using it.

  • Savory Cheese Bread

    Savory Cheese Bread

    Recipes from the King Arthur Flour website often call for cheese powder and I got quite curious about it, so I bought some from the recent Lazada 8.8. sale. I bought extra to get Free Shipping, so I was very eager to start using up this new ingredient. This Savory Cheese Bread recipe from…

  • Cheese Buns

    Cheese Buns

    I’ve had that block of Kraft Cheddar in the fridge for ages now. I think I bought it to use for a different recipe, but never got around to do it. Fast forward to today and I really want to clear out ingredients from the fridge ASAP, so here I picked a super quick…

  • My First Ever Ryzen Build, Part 1

    My First Ever Ryzen Build, Part 1

    I’ve traditionally been an Intel builder, with my last build being a Core i7 920 on an Asus P6T motherboard. That was maybe about 10 years ago about the time Faizah and I got married. My Intel builds have been generally straightforward and worry free, so I thought, how could an AMD build be…