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Persian Orange Chicken
Meat & Fish

Persian Orange and Saffron Chicken

I believe that everyone should have a go to dish, regardless of wether you consider yourself a great cook or not. My mum who wasn’t a very adventurous cook, always said that a person should know how to cook five things, and know how to cook them well. This Persian […]

Chicken with Barberries
Meat & Fish

Baked Persian Saffron Chicken with Barberries

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 […]

Linzer
Desserts/Sweets, Holidays

Linzer Cookies

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 […]

Pinwheels and Checkerboard
Desserts/Sweets, Holidays

Checkerboard and Pinwheel Christmas Cookies

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 […]

Fruit Cocktail Semifredo
Desserts/Sweets, Holidays, Pinoy Favourites

Fruit Cocktail Salad Semifredo

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 […]

Broken Glass Jelly
Desserts/Sweets, Holidays

Cathedral Window Jelly

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 […]