Easy Recipes for Home Cooks
As usual I’m late to the burnt Basque Bibingka Cheesecake party. I am not what you’d call a trendsetter. I must say, I first tried the basque cheesecake by accident in a small stall at the famous Borough Market in London. Borough Market sells specialty foods, fresh fruits ,vegetables , […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Rolled Meringue filled with Creamy Custard The Philippine cuisine has an impressive lineup of desserts, as we Filipinos like our sweets. In that long list, Brazo de Mercedes ( which means Mercedes’ Arm in Spanish) would be a front runner and a firm favourite of most Filipinos. The Brazo […]