Chinese New Year is fast approaching, and I’ve just finally started making CNY treats. The first on the list is the super-delicious, melt-in-the-mouth peanut cookies. These tiny morsels of decadent peanuty goodness are so dangerously additive, I hope they last till CNY. 10 more days to go! 😀 Recipe from Bread et Butter with […]

I’ve always wanted to like grapefruits but had always found them a little too sour for my taste, until I discovered Melogold. 😀 Melogold, a cross between a pomelo and a white grapefruit is actually sweet (and a little tart)! Yum! Melogold was so good that I […]

At the place where Alex goes for therapy, he’s constantly challenged by new experiences. Here, he was being exposed to a visiting bird – new experiences and sensations can be a major anxiety issue for Alex but I think he actually enjoyed this particular experience (at least that’s what […]

I’ve wanted to make a strawberry-flavored chiffon cake for forever. 😀 However, it was a tad tricky trying to figure out how to introduce the flavor without compromising the structure and texture of the cake. I was a little hesitant about using fresh strawberries with their high water content for exactly this reason. Not only […]

We had sushi for lunch and dinner today. It was absolutely delicious! And it was actually my first time making rolled sushi with a bamboo mat – took me a couple of tries before I managed to get the hang of it. What do you think? […]

Look what I discovered in my local Asian store – peanut cake! However, although it’s called a peanut cake, it’s really not a cake. 😀 It’s actually a kind of Chinese candy (for the life of me, I can’t remember its Chinese name) that is extremely popular back […]

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to eat healthier, which at this point means eating more veggies, drinking more water, reducing sugar intake, and replacing refined flours and grains with whole flours and grains whenever possible. Wish me luck! 😀 For my very first baking attempt for […]

Now, my quest for a great dressing/stuffing took longer than my search for the perfect turkey recipe, but I think I might finally have it. 😀 After many trials in the past years, I’ve discovered that I don’t really like strong-tasting herbs such as sage or rosemary […]

Early this morning, we were awakened by Darwin barking at the other end of our house. Our immediate thought was that maybe he got stuck behind one of our sofas and was barking to get our attention. Instead, Keith found him in our family room, barking at […]

Perfect Roast Turkey – that’s what Ina Garten called her recipe on foodnetwork.com and I have to say I TOTALLY agree. I came across this recipe a couple of years back when I was searching for a delicious but quick and hassle-free roast turkey recipe, and […]