PhooDJournal

For most people in graduate school, it’s more convenient to take the easy road and grab take-out, frozen pizza, or ready-to-eat meals. Science seems to trump proper nutrition.

Not for us.

Despite the heavy workload of the young scienctist’s life, we take time out of our busy schedule and set aside a small amount of money out of our measly grad school salary to prepare homecooked meals. As foreign students, this does not come easy, especially when we crave for the food we grew up with.

This blog documents our food journey. From trying to replicate our mom’s homecooking, to adapting ourselves to the local cuisine, and to finding and trying out the cost effective recipes that fit our limited resources.

You may find helpful the recipes that we will feature which would mostly be for a meal for one, viands that are ideal for long storage, quick and easy cooking, and budget meals. Every now and then, you’d also get to hear of our culinary adventures and reflections: be it attempting to prepare dishes we’ve never done before, experiencing new cuisines, or just musing about the things we love to cook and eat.