Our vegetable produces abundant zucchini this year. My husband mentioned that one of his co-workers has made breads using zucchini. So, I googled. I found Paula Deen’s Zucchini Bread recipe. It turned out great! The only thing I did differently is using less sugar (I use 2.5 cups, instead of 3 cups).

Even after living in the US for almost 10 years by now, there are still a lot things that we haven’t tried and we still don’t know about this culture. Everyday I learn something new, and I like it!

We watched the movie “Julie & Julia” two nights ago, and I instantly fell in love with the movie (to be precise, the food in the movie). So, I googled, like I always do with anything that I’m interested. I found this link that has the recipes from the movie: http://www.delish.com/cooking-shows/food-tv/julie-julia-movie-recipes

We harvested a lot tomatoes from our vegetable garden, so I tried the ‘Bruschetta with Tomatoes and Basil’ last night. OMG! It tasted so so so good. Instead of toasting the bread in the oven, I pan-fried the bread in butter, like the way Julie did in the movie. This way, the bread is crunchy outside, and stays soft inside. Plus, butter just makes everything taste 10 times better. I found these tiny pearl-sized mozzarella cheese balls, and added to the tomato/basil mix. It gives the bruschetta a nice color contrast, and more texture!

We were in San Francisco last Sunday to run some errands. We went back to our old neighborhood, Sunset. We lived in the Sunset neighborhood for almost 4 years before we moved to the Peninsula Bay Area. One thing we missed the most about Sunset is definitely the Asian food. I was craving some Taiwanese snacks, so we bought bubble teas and Taiwanese style popcorn chicken from this new tea shop, Tea Way. They tasted pretty authentic.

Our other favorite Asian restaurants on irving:

1. Sun Tung Restaurant, 2240 Irving Street, San Francisco, CA 94122: their pot stickers and dry fried chicken are our “must order” dishes.
2. PPQ Beef Noodle House, 1816 Irving Street San Francisco CA 94122: their Five Spices Chicken Noodle Soup is our ultimate favorite!