Chinese New Year is today, Monday, January 23, 2012; and it will be the beginning of the year of the Dragon. I’m pretty excited this year because my parents are here and we get to celebrate it together for the first time after a long time being apart. This type of celebration is truly felt [...]
Eating sweetened tangyuan or onde-onde (in Bahasa Indonesia) during Chinese Winter Solstice Festival may become a yearly occurrence now. Before my parents moved close to me, I didn’t always remember to make onde-onde in the month of December; or sometimes I was too lazy to make some. But now, my mom is my motivation to [...]
I finally had a time to bake sweets for Christmas…ah, the joy of having two-week break from work. It gave me a motivation to bake, it prepared me to be ready for Christmas. Thus the sweet is aptly named Christmas almond truffle bars. I’ve made this actually years before, don’t remember anymore if I’ve ever [...]
I shared this tart with my Bunco friends a few weeks ago. Rich, chocolaty, and creamy; those three words pretty much summed up the end result. There’s so much to write but I’m still finding the time; it’s been a long week and busy month. I’ll leave with a recipe to share, though. Until later. [...]
Ang Chow Chicken Soup with Preserved Mustard Greens
Do you have a hand-me down recipe that you frequently make now? Several years ago I asked my mom if she would write down her recipes for me. I wanted her to write down recipes that she is used to cook while I was growing up, and recipes that she also continues to make at...
My kinda chopped salad
I used to garden, a long while back when there were only two of us in the house. I had much time in my hand, and I didn’t know that cooking, baking, and taking food photography would take up my time back then. So, I channeled my energy and focus on gardening. Though I didn’t...
Shrimp, Potato, and Corn Chowder
The summer almost ends, in a few weeks we’ll begin new days with shorter days and cooler temperatures. Between entertaining my son from summer boredom, I’m also keeping up my personal blog with my vacation stories. Prior to writing those stories, I also have to edit numerous photos from the trip. Sometimes when it’s too...
Red Leaf Lettuce with Citrus Dressing and Toasted Pine Nuts
I like eating salad with my meal, when it’s done rightly, it provides contrasting texture and flavor to the meal. In fact salad could become my main meal during the day especially on weekdays when I don’t eat lunch at home. Sometimes my salad is lavishly garnished with plenty of other things especially when it’s...
Orzo Salad with Vegetables and Herbs
This is a good salad to make to accompany grilled meat or chicken, I made this along with my Honey Citrus Chicken. The orzo pasta goes well with a medley of vegetables, sugar snap peas, tomatoes, cucumbers, and green onions; the mint and parsley add a herbal tone to the salad. I love the combination...
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Sue B. on Sesame Seed Brittle
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Lainie on Christmas Almond Truffle Bars
These bars look like what my pecan roca was suppos... -
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Ira Rodrigues on Christmas Stollen
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Tuty on Bittersweet Truffle Tart
It's a beautiful and decadent looking tart, Eliza....
This sanctuary is a means for me to express my creativity through food and photography. I am delighted in simple things in life so you will not see any pretentious in everything I write here.
My passion is in baking, whether it is Western-or Asian-style baking, I love them all. While baking doesn't always happen all the time, cooking is a must for me so what I cook is occasionally posted here too. I'm completely self-taught in both baking and cooking, everything you see here is all homemade.
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