The day started somewhat cloudy. As I opened my bedroom windows, I doubted the sun would come out; but it did a little later. While I was busy working, the kitchen windows were opened slightly, letting the fresh air in. I suddenly thought of how close spring will be, it seemed like it’s already in [...]
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 [...]
Kue Lopis
Kue Lopis is a traditional Indonesian sweet snack. It is made of sweet glutinous rice wrapped with banana leaves and boiled until it becomes one solid mass. Then it is eaten with palm sugar syrup flavored with pandanus and kaffir lime leaves along with steamed shredded coconut. It sounds complicated huh? But once one learns...
Honey Citrus Chicken
Okay, even though it’s still raining, cloudy, and cold in Oregon, I wouldn’t let them stop me from grilling food outside. The weather was much better weeks before; this week is definitely wetter. I made this Honey Citrus Chicken at the end of February and was pleased with the recipes. The chicken was marinated with...
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...
Oatmeal Butterscotch Pies
How do you choose what to make for desserts? For me, my inspiration is in my freezer, fridge, and pantry. I have a tendency to stockpile any things related to baking–yeah, it’s a bad habit. And consequently from time to time I lost track of what I save in the freezer, fridge, and pantry. Then...
Cinnamon Swirl Bread
This cinnamon swirl bread is one of many sweet breads I’ve discovered that’s big on flavor yet very easy to make with the aid of a bread machine. I purposely keep a bread machine just to make bread dough or pizza dough because it never fails to produce any kinds of dough I need. And...
Americana Banana Roll
Banana is one fruit that’s consistent in our household. I enjoy eating banana that’s not too ripe, so is my son. The only person who’s willing to eat ripe banana is my husband Needless to say, there’s always too many ripe bananas before we are able to finish them all. So here is what I...
Poppy Seed Cupcakes
Continuing my post about lemon curd on my old food blog, I have one more to share with you here. This idea of making cupcakes filled with lemon curd occupied my mind while I was working. I was trying to figure out what kind of cake I wanted to make and how could I incorporate...
Steamed Chicken Soy-Ginger Sauce
My family loves to have chicken dishes so I have to constantly find recipes that are new and tasty. One of things I look when preparing a chicken dish is that it also needs to be unfussy, imagine going home from work and I still have to slave for a long hours in the kitchen...
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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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