Serendib Kitchen

Oddly Tired

I am oddly tired today, dear readers, and so I am not actually writing up a recipe for traditional Sri Lankan New Year’s food: milk rice and lunamiris sambol, plus a nice salmon curry. Maybe I’ll come back tomorrow and post recipes, though if you google, you’ll find many that are basically identical — they […]

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Easter Dinner

I didn’t sleep well last night (stayed up ’til 2 for no good reason), so I’m afraid I was in a crabby and exhausted mood most of the day, and at 4:30, I gave up and went to go lie down in bed for a while. Thankfully, Kevin was able to get Easter dinner on

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Everyone Needs a Sous Chef!

Packing up treat boxes today, though there are a few more things I’d like to make — tamarind, fig & chocolate scones for the medium and large boxes, I think, assuming they come out well. Fingers crossed. Kevin is kindly cutting in the butter for me, which is the tedious part of making scones.  Everyone needs

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Easter Themed Mold

Hey, local friends — would anyone like this Easter-themed mold? I used it this week for making some chocolates for the treat boxes I’m shipping out tomorrow, but it’s not quite my aesthetic, and I’d be pleased to pass it on to a happy home. I used it for making chocolates (ruby chocolate with cranberry

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Clearing Out Photos

I was clearing out my phone photos, and realized that I never posted these photos, which I’d hoped to use to advertise upcoming book launch events at these Bay Area stores, sigh. That was such a nice day, walking around with Jed and having lunch and talking to bookstore people. (And later Alex in Sausalito…) All three of these

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