Easy Recipes for Home Cooks
I want to warn you in advance that this is not the traditional way to cook the flavourful Persian Saffron Chicken with Barberries. But bear with me because this version is not just easy – but it’s also quite super duper delicious . The original dish called zeresk polo va […]
It is not known who invented the Linzer Torte which is said to be the oldest cake in the world. We do know for certain that it originated in Linz Austria. Linzer torte is a delightful almond based pastry filled with jam. On the other hand, Linzer Cookies is the […]
Schwarz-Weiss Geback This is my friend Nina’s favourite Checkerboard and Pinwheel Christmas cookies and now also a favourite of mine. Nina is originally from Stuttgart, a city famous for precise German Engineering and is the manufacturing hub of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. No wonder then, that even her treasured checkerboard Christmas […]
A little bit of a back story regarding canned fruits in the Philippines. It was introduced by the Americans, during their occupation after WW2. While there’s a lot of delicious mouth watering fruits in the Philippines, luscious mangoes and juicy pineapples to name a few, fruits like peaches grapes and […]
A kaleidoscope of colours, is what I think about when I make Cathedral Window Jelly. This is probably showing my age, but did you ever play with a kaleidoscope as a child? Before the techno gadgets we have today, we had kaleidoscope. For me , it was magical to see […]
There are as many ways to cook rice as there are ways to skin a cat. This, by far is my favourite. It is foolproof and it results in fluffy deliciousness of grain separated rice. Flavoured with the unmistakable Middle Eastern yellow hue of saffron and dotted with rich butter. […]