I am not a coffee drinker.Nah! I’m just kidding. I do drink coffee but not too much because it interferes with my sleep pattern. However, when I am presented with coffee amaretto, my hesitation to drink becomes compulsion, and compulsion becomes greed.Coffee amaretto is “layered” coffee that is great for a lazy afternoon. It goes well with custard, cookies, cakes, and other sweet deserts. When preparing coffee amaretto, it is best if you use transparent cups or glasses so you can see the layers of liquids in it. The drink tastes so wickedly delicious that it’s addicting...

I am a professional mountaineer. However, I am also a city boy at heart, and I don’t think I can survive for long in the wilderness without the modern luxuries of urban civilization. Of course, you can’t expect me to haul my TV or stereo, my favorite couch, or even my laptop to a place thousands of meters high above sea level.But one thing I can bring is the set of ingredients of great-tasting food. Unlike other mountaineers who just settle for canned goods, I go for good old’ home-cooked (mountain-cooked, in this case) meals. Thus, the meals I prepare up there are gourmet (relat...