I’m really more of a cook than a baker. I like the heat of the kitchen, the reliance on taste, sight, smell and feel to prepare and execute a dish whose flavours meld together on a warmed dinner plate, hastened by that rush of adrenaline where everything has to be brought together, seasonings corrected, and [...]
As someone who has lived all her life in “the tropics” – particularly, Singapore – I’ve never had the chance to experience living in a climate where you feel the weather slowly growing warmer, cooler, wetter, drier, or anything of the sort. Sure, I’ve been to temperate regions before, and played in the snow, but [...]
Whenever bunny and I are in Pacific Place and have some time to kill, we inadvertently end up wandering around great. This time, I found a whole stash of interesting looking honeys in one of the aisles, and decided to buy a tub of heather honey to try it. Now, I’m not a huge fan [...]
In my previous post, I mentioned that I’m not a fan of tomato based sauces. That’s not entirely accurate. While I don’t really like them as the sauces for my tagliatelle or linguine, I’m quite a big fan of baked dishes that have a nice red or meat sauce in them. Shepherds and cottage pie [...]
I was at a friend’s place a couple of weeks ago, two fingers of Bailey’s Irish Cream poured over a few ice cubes in a lowball. Swirling, sipping. Now, Bailey’s – contrary to popular belief – is a difficult drink to drink. You see, there’s that optimum point where it has been gently swirled around [...]
