Easy Recipes for Home Cooks
Let’s get this started with little bit of history lesson for the coffee aficionado here. Mocha is a variety of coffee named after the port of Al-Makha, in the coast of Yemen. Although coffee originated in Africa, it was in Yemen that coffee beans were first cultivated and used as […]
Baklava was the choice sweet of Sultans and their harems in the Ottoman Empire for its aphrodisiac properties. If it’s good enough for the sultans in Topkapi Palace, then this is good enough for me. There’s as many versions of baklava as there are cooks and each claim to be […]
An unforeseen side effect of bingeing on Korean dramas is seeing all the delicious food featured in the shows. I’ve been to Seoul before and one my most memorable experience there was the warmed toilet seat in my hotel. Window shopping luxury items in Apgujeong was also nice , alas […]
Oh it’s Fruit Cake season again! Time just flies so fast ! One minute I’m putting away the Christmas baubles , next thing I know the Christmas ads start popping up. Wasted on me, as I’m never that organised. I leave everything to the last minute , I must love […]
It’s coming on to summer here in the land down under and temperature is climbing up to a balmy 26°. To celebrate the occasion, I’ve finally put away my dark winter clothes and brought out my pastel summer outfits hoping I can still squeeze into them after the long lockdowns […]
One of the great mysteries of the culinary world, is that the Chocolate Swiss Roll did not originate from Switzerland, regardless of its name. It is originally from Austria, according to the ever knowing Mr Google. Maybe, the one who named this cake wasn’t very good with Geography and confused […]