Autumn has set in well and good here in the southern hemisphere…and winter will soon be saying hello. I’m actually looking forward to it (crazy, i know!). (...)
Wowzers, for those in the southern hemisphere, can you believe that summer is OVER??! Well, I did miss a chunk of it when I did this in Japan. Yes, there’s a (...)
Another super easy recipe. This time it’s for a savoury scone that is too easy to bake and even easier to pop in your mouth! Om nom nom. Don’t blame me if you (...)
Every baker will have at least one muffin recipe up their sleeves for when there’s an emergency for a quick sweet fix or a last-minute craving for a breakfast (...)
Today is a blazing 40 degrees celcius day (104 F) and strangely enough my brain is burning…not with images of ice cold beers or creamy gelatos, but *wait for (...)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Bye bye 2015, we’ve had some fun together but 2016 is going to be amazing! I can smell it in the air…or maybe that’s the Chicken (...)
Ever since the days of Masterchef, Iron Chef and other cooking challenge shows, making a curry means using an endless list of ‘finest’ ingredients like (...)
We’re such creatures of habit aren’t we? Well, at least I am. There are certain types of food that I only reserve for lunches and some I will only have for (...)
Zucchini (also known as courgette) is a champion of a squash. They are versatile, yummy and healthy and if you’re creative…they can be made into a variety of (...)
There are days when all you want is a big, fat bowl of carbs. It’s all about the comfort, less about the nutritional factor (aka the waistline). It’s about (...)
Seems all things retro are in vogue once again. Fashion, furniture and even food. There’s even a Pinterest collection of vintage and retro recipes if you’re (...)
This used to be one of my favourite dishes when I was a kid. It was usually a treat, a special occasion when the family would head out to a restaurant (...)
I’ve never been a big fan of cauliflower until recently. I thought cauliflower was like a poor cousin of broccoli because it lacked colour and flavour. (...)
For the past month or so, the hubs and I have been on a meatless meals quest. It wasn’t because of a new year resolution or a super-duper health kick, we kinda (...)
Over-easy, sunny-side up, 62 degrees, scrambled…how do you like your eggs? As a kid in Singapore, I enjoyed sitting in a neighbourhood kopi-tiam (coffee shop) (...)
Happy new year everyone! I can’t believe that we’re already two weeks into 2015. I’m still playing catch up with my blogging and it seems I’ll never be on (...)
Spring promises sunshine, flowers, longer days and strolls by the beach. It means I can leave the office at the end of the day and still enjoy a couple hours (...)
The last time I posted about gnocchi, a number of you cringed, bleurghed and boo’d the fact that I had opted for store bought ones, claiming that it’s too easy (...)
If you’re not a fan of anchovies, you’re missing out big time, but okay you can look away now but you’ll regret it. To me, this is liquid gold! Bagna cauda – (...)
I’m not bragging. Really. I first came across this cake on a Huffington Post FB update. When you see something being claimed as ‘World’s Best’ (especially in (...)
The heat is on in the superfood battle of the century. Quinoa, kale, blueberries, goji berries, more quinoa and even more kale. Curly kale, regular kale and (...)
First we were told that butter is bad for us so everyone switched to margarine. Then further studies showed that olive oil can harmful because when heated it (...)
When I visited Charleston earlier this year, I had the most delicious, crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth cornbread in a restaurant called South of Broad. I will tell (...)
Taking a break from NYC updates to bring you one of my all time favourites – Roasted mushroom risotto. It’s been tried and tested – when you roast vegetables, (...)
Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday, also known as World Pancake Day. For a long time I thought it was just another made up “food day” and wondered ‘why pancakes?’ (...)
