Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
I’m a little addicted to making these lists for some reason this. Whatever, I’m going with it. Here’s all the yummiest foods I ate in 2022: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Riki Panganiban (@rikomatic) BEST PASTRY: Hands down, this has to go to the creme brulé kouign amann from Jane the…
The year 2022 was a return to “normal” post-Pandemic life, which was wonderful. There were no major life changes, but there were a lot of wonderful moments to remember. Health I feel blessed to be in my 50s and able to do all that I do, from skating to dancing to biking everywhere. The biggest…
We celebrated a milestone birthday for our mom this weekend. So for the occasion, I decided to try to make my first sponge layer cake. Mom wanted a mango cake, so made one based on this recipe from Tatyana. The cake came together pretty easily in my stand mixer. I let them cool for several…
For my colleague Merissa’s maternity leave party I decided to make a cake. Searching for what cake to make, I came across this video of Claire Saffitz making her version of a strawberry layer cake. This seemed right up my alley. As Claire describes it: This cake is my platonic ideal of a spring or…
At the end of June, I had the good fortune to be sent on a work trip to the great city of New Orleans, one of my favorite places in the world. After finishing a work conference, I spent a couple more days relaxing in this iconic American city. It has been at least a…
So we had another work social event involving baking a week ago, and I brought something I’m pretty proud of: a Red Velvet Tres Leches cake with Ube Frosting. The occasion was something called “NPR Cake Week” where stations around the country all make cakes around certain themes. I was a bit fuzzy on the…
I was talking to friends about intermittent fasting the other day and I realized I’ve been doing it for so long I had started to forget the reasons why I was doing it in the first place. On the one hand, it’s good that I have so incorporated this diet into my life that I…
For Pi Day this year, I wanted to come up with something silly, personal and not too hard. I remembered one of my favorite desserts of all time is Filipino halo-halo. Halo-halo (literally “mix mix”) is a a colorful conflagration of crushed ice, condensed milk, various candied fruits and beans, ice cream, and flan. It’s…
I have a boring but satisfying meal system to go with my intermittent fasting practice that I’ve followed for almost two years. This of interest to no one, but I thought it good to record anyway for myself. On Monday morning I do all of my grocery shopping for the week, which includes: 18 eggs…
The year 2021 was not quite the dumpster fire that 2020 was. There’s a lot that I am thankful for about this year – my supportive family, good friends, my health, meaningful employment, quad skating, baked goods, and so much more! Here’s some of the best bits. Rik to Riki This year, among my friends…