Yes, yes, I made another lime curd tart, again. But this time only because a certain friend celebrated her (non) birthday for the n-th time in the month and couldnt stomach another piece of cake (esp...
Anyone who bakes (well, I bet almost anyone) would have their pound cake stories to tell. You know, the search for the perfect pound cake - with the perfect crumb yet buttery and so fulfilling youd f...
Today is a good friends birthday and this cake almost didnt happen. Despite Najah being the first person I baked a birthday cake for two consecutive years, I was twiddling my thumbs about whether or ...
As a school girl, when I was old enough to protest to my mother on how boring my daily lunch box of white bread sandwich was, she gave up on me and gave me money instead. So I had 5 ringgit to spend ...
Mum: So, what do we do with it??PY: Err... it still taste good, can we just keep it?Mum: ... but Dad will not like it. Plus it looks like turd... PY: ... ... ...Mum: So, what do we do with it?!!PY: ....
Vijay: "I miss your cooking."Me: ... ... "Oh..."Vijay: "Yeah..."Me: ... ... ... "What do you want to eat?"Vijay: "Nothing sweet, no baking la..."Me: ...
So we havent talked for awhile and Ill start by telling you one thing - Ive never eaten a blueberry pie, ever. (Yes, I shall spare you the reasons for my silence last week but lets just say there wer...
Less you think all is always rosy and smooth-sailing in the kitchen of Life is Great, allow me to let you in on a piece of heartache. While this wasnt a completely sunken ship (the only reason why I ...
"So you love cooking huh?" I get this from time to time, as if cooking is some sort of a hobby only a selected group of weird people do and not what our forefathers back in the primitive da...
Eating and food were important agendas all along in my life, not mere methods of fueling the body. Growing up, my parents dictated what went into the mouths of their children. There was no chance of ...
I would completely understand if you take one look at this, yawn and proceed to move on elsewhere. Another tart? Whats wrong with this woman? No, its not that last year Im cake lady then this year Im...
Its the eighth day into the Dragon year and I must admit Ive enjoyed last weeks indolent moments rather immensely. Most of my time in Kuala Lumpur was spent at home, doing next to nothing catching up...
If "There would be no New Year without pineapple tarts!", then as a child I wouldnt have had any Chinese New Year at all. My mother, although she baked (yes, she no longer does, she has ind...
As kids, after giving up on feeding us just bread with peanut and jam for breakfast, my parents began introducing to my brother and I what most other parents did - cereal with milk. I didnt care much...
I have a packet of store-bought puff pastry in the back of my freezer. But I havent gotten around to using it for anything (although from all the Donna Hay Fast, Fresh and Simple episodes Ive gone th...
To be frank with you, Id really rather skip January and move on to February if I can have it my way. After the Christmas mayhem topped by a full on four course dinner the night before New Years Eve, ...
2011 has been fun for us. Talking so much about food not only brought us knowledge and growth in creativity but priceless new friendships and experiences wed probably miss had it not been for this hu...
So, Christmas came and went, the big feasts cooked and downed and Boxing Days excuses to spend more money made peace with. Youre probably sitting in a cozy corner with a book in one hand and a mug of...
The past few days were madness. I was caught in the rain countless of times and barely avoided an onset of flu. The shops were filled with mobs, the train service went kaput a few times and Orchard R...
Since its now less than a week before the force of Christmas be with us, I reckon Id better come clean about something. These chocolate chip cookies were really what I wanted to make for my friend Ji...
Before we proceed with regular programming where I start telling you how some dried berries, flour, rolled oats, coconut and nuts partied together in these crunchy outside chewy inside rounds of some...
I remember my first plate of risotto. It was lunch at an Italian restaurant in a hotel back in Kuala Lumpur where I was attending a hackers conference. (Yes, you read that right. In that other aspect...
Im sure by now youve gotten over the "What? Its December already? Where did the year go?" moment and recollected yourself just long enough to realize yes, its that time of the year again. T...
Growing up, I was lucky to have parents who not only cooked well, but never stopped their children from experimenting with food from other cultures. My late father himself loved Indian mutton curry, ...
Since moving to Singapore weve entertained quite often and always had a ball doing it. For the first dinner party we hosted though, yours truly was not so bright and made the mistake of poor menu sel...
You know how sometimes the stars align and all things just seem to fall into place? Its been awhile since this happened to me but alas, this is how it happened for this cake. It all started with my g...
When you run a food blog, friends (and sometimes family) have the impression that you cook and eat well all the time. "... but I keep seeing all those mouth-watering photos, you must be a kitche...
After a week in Kuala Lumpur its good to be back home where my own kitchen is. Only I couldnt get pass making just some honey lemon the pass two days because I was immediately struck with the mother ...
If youve watched Ratatouille (my absolute favorite animation ever, really, do I even need to tell you this?), youd remember that scene where the jaded, skeletal and grim-reaper-like restaurant critic...
While most of cooking friends have all been knee-deep into their fancy colored Dutch ovens (Im sorry Le Creuset, but made-in-France doesnt make your Dutch ovens French) and raving on how their heavyw...
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