We hope you’re all having a good Sunday. It’s bright, and warm and sunny here at our end.

If you’ve missed something, here’s a recap of what we had this week:

• Bittersweet Chocolate Pudding Pie – Lick-the-dish-clean good decadent chocolate pie.
• Cinnamon Rolls I – No-Rise Dough) - Joy’s first attempt at making homemade cinnamon rolls with cream cheese glaze
• Cinnamon Rolls II — Success! – The best payoff for not giving up…amazing rolls.
• Comfort Beef Stew – Winter’s last sip.
• Food Gossip Meme: He Says, She Says
• Linguine with Beef and Mushroom Sauce – The pasta that earned a nice compliment from Dan.
• Free Italian cookbook - Free cookbook for download until March 31st.

Also, I mentioned last week that we’ll be featuring recipes that we like, admire, and want to bookmark for future reference. It’s easier than trying to remember where to get them when we need the recipe. Go have a look at these delicious creations:

• Katy’s Fig and Goat Cheese Canapes – Easy to make snack that’s promisingly decadent.
• Pam’s Mom’s Clam Chowder – Could probably be the recipe that would finally get us to cook homemade clam chowder.
• Cheese Puff’s Water Fried Buns — Tender buns that look absolutely amazing and delicious
• Patricia’s Dorie’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies — Just look at the those cookies!
• Dhanggit’s French Bread — Beautiful homemade bread.

A peek at this week’s ‘menu’ at Gourmeted:

• Cocoa Brownies

• Beef Stir-Fry
  

• Lengua Estofada (Braised Beef Tongue)

• We’re kicking off the series on How We Take Food Photos - from discussing the basic equipment, setting up your camera for taking step-by-step photos, to dealing with kitchen and dining table lighting, and more! A few people have asked about how we do things here, so we’re going to do a continuous series on food photography, and hopefully we can all learn from each other.

Now it’s my turn to answer –

[Don't forget, you can answer the meme through the Comments OR post it on your own blog/site!]

What were you doing 10 years ago?

I was completing my second year at the community college pondering my transition to Arizona State.

What were you doing 1 year ago?

I was waking up at 5:30 in the morning to drag my bum to work. (And on rare occasion, saying good night to Joy ;) )

Five snacks you enjoy:

1. Cookies

2. Pretzels

3. BBQ chips

4. Chex Mix

5. Chocolate

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

1. Sleep.

2. Start a business.

3. Buy a house with a big kitchen (Yes, toys too…)

4. Travel a bit.

5. Buy myself a Tesla, Joy gets the Jaguar.

Five bad habits:

1. Rushing to get things done

2. Stressing the small stuff.

3. Being Easily distrac….what was that?

4. Not working out.

5. Eating too much junk (see above)

Five things you like doing:

1. Coming home to Joy.

2. Cooking.

3. Gaming.

4. Watching movies.

5. Reading.

Five things you would never wear again:

1. Tidy-Whiteys

2. Turtlenecks (if I can avoid ‘em)

3. The same clothes twice without washing first. (It counts!)

4. A size extra small

5. Polyester

Five favorite toys:

1. My Laptop

2. the Wii

3. My car

4. The Waffle Maker

5. The TV (which was donated by a family friend)

Elle tagged us for some Food for Gossip Meme.

For our family and friends who are wondering what a Meme is, it’s just like when you were kids and you had notebooks [remember "autograph" or "slam" books] where everyone gets to answer all sorts of different questions from factual to silly ones [Who can forget the super corny "What is Love?" and "Who is your Crush?"]. Basically, that’s it…only done on the web.

** If you’re up for it, share your own answers in the comments — Yes, we’re tagging YOU! This is fun! **

Food Gossip Meme

What were you doing 10 years ago?

Finishing my bachelors from the University of the Philippines, enjoying life as always.

What were you doing 1 year ago?

Same time last year, I was here in Scottsdale for Dan’s company party. I was daydreaming about my two-week Hawaiian vacation with my best friend, Alice. Good times. :-)
Five snacks you enjoy:

1. [I'm there with you, Elle -- ] Chocolate

2. Potato chips

3. Tortilla chips with some cheesy dip

4. Cheese

5. Kashi Tasty Little Crackers, cheddar flavor

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

I recently had a dream about this and I was quite surprised at what I decided to do in my dream –

1. Allocate money to family, including college trust funds for the nieces and nephews, maximizing it without them having to pay tax.

2. Bring our families on a tropical vacation…woohoo!

3. Buy a decent house with a big kitchen, with all the nice gadgets.

4. Invest wisely for retirement.

5. Keep doing what we love — cooking — and do something more for and with it through studying, starting a business, and give back to the community through food and cooking.

Five bad habits:

1. Doing too many things at the same time, and shun sleep if I can get away with it.

2. Buying more books and magazines, thinking that I have all the time in the world to read them.

3. Snacking a lot.

4. Keeping all letters and cards I receive.

5. Not packing light. [I guess I'll have to stop flying with US Airways!]

Five things you like doing:

1. Reading.

2. Cooking.

3. Weekends with Dan.

4. Traveling to new places, trying out new restaurants…

5. Visiting parks, galleries and museums.

Five things you would never wear again:

1. Aqua Net! HAHAHAHAHA

2. Purple sneakers

3. Boy’s cut, and be told I look better as a boy. [What the..?!]

4. Wool-based clothing without any lining, unless I want to itch all day.

5. I honestly can’t think of anything more.

Five favorite toys:

1. Nikon D80

2. Macbook Pro

3. Fountain pen

4. Can Photoshop be a toy?

5. My LG mobile phone that lets me check emails and gives me directions.