Foodie Joanie…aka The Cake Baker! I’m a graduate student and I work for a nonprofit organization here in New York City. I love to cook for my son and myself, and I love to bake too. I share everything I bake with the people I work with on “Cake Tuesday” because that’s the day I bring in a cake. My goal is a bake a different cake every week!
Hi Joanie, you have a great blog! I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award-congratulations!
Here’s the post: http://nancycreative.com/2012/08/03/blog-awards-and-a-big-thank-you/
Hi Nancy,
This is quite an honor! Thank you so much for nominating me.
Walk good, Joanie
You’re welcome, Joanie!
Hi Joanie, a big smile came on my face when i saw your blog. I’m also hakka chinese jamaican and i came across the lopetban recipe (never really enjoyed the lopet cooking smell though ). However, as my grandparents are no longer around, i was looking for some stuffings to put inside a “shao bao” (excuse my poor chinese). i remember my grandmother making them filled with chicken and mushroom, red bean and a pork mixture with some sort of vegetable. With my young daughter having lots of allergies, i strive to go back to my roots and make at home the shao bao’s that my po-po so lovingly made for me as a young girl. Would you have any references on recipes that you can share? My daughter and I would appreciate any information that can pass on
Thank you Foodie Joanie and keep blogging, I love it!
Hi NewMommy,
Thank you for reading my blog. And It’s so nice to meet another Hakka Chinese Jamaican too! My mother and grandmother always cooked everything from scratch. I remember my mother even squeezing the grated coconut to make her own coconut milk for rice and peas. But making your own coconut milk is so inconvenient these days, for who has the time? And whether or not a family member has allergies, I still think cooking with all natural ingredients and staying away from processed foods is a good thing to strive for. So what kind of recipes are you looking for?
Joanie
Thanks for liking my recipe for Italian Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs. I hope you try it out sometime and enjoy it. It’s a really chunky and thick sauce because that’s the way we like it. You can use ground meat, too, instead of the meatballs if you prefer but I would precook that before adding to the sauce!
I love meatballs in a tomato sauce–unfortunately, I am the only one in my house that does! I’m certainly going to try your recipe.
well i hope you enjoy it!
I nominated you for a Liebster Award. Congrats!
http://ourlittlefamilyadventure.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/milestones-100th-post-1st-award-liebster-award/
Thank you, Nicky, this is indeed an honor! I hope you don’t think me ungrateful to decline the nomination? I like to blog and I would do it regardless of an award. Thank you again, and I hope you will continue to visit my blog.
Joanie
Hi, I would like to nomimate you for the Supersweet Blogging Award. Hope you enjoy participating, find out what it’s all about here: http://lovelybuns.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/super-sweet-blogging-award-twice/
Hi Joanie,
Do you have the recipe for Gee Pai Gao?
I remember eating the as a kid and cannot find the recipe anywhere.
Warren
Hi Warren,
I could not find a recipe for Gee Pai Gao either. I remember eating it as a child at Sun Yat Sen Beach in Kingston, though my cousin remembers her Gia Po buying it for her on Barry Street. I did find it in Bangkok, and it tastes just the way I remember it–chewy, slightly sweet, and little nutty. The closest I’ve come to finding anything like it here in the States is mochi, in the refrigerator section of Asian specialty grocery stores.
Joanie
Joanie thanks for sharing!
Best wishes fron Spain.