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 […]
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 […]
I’ll tell you why you need a recipe for the perfect brownies. First of all, you need a brownie you can whip up quickly with staples that are probably sitting right now in your fridge and pantry. Secondly, the brownies should be choc-full fudgy which you can keep as your […]
Quince season in Australia is from late April to July. This underrated fruit is not very common here in Sydney and can be hard to source, so when they make an appearance at my local fruit market I get very excited. It has the most gorgeous smell like guava with […]