It’s simple for me to know when I’m homesick. I start craving for food which I wouldn’t usually choose to eat if I were back home. Mee soto is just one of these. I’d skip mee soto for something else on the menu. But it’s my dad’s favorite and usually when I have to get [...]

I have decided to wage a personal battle with the dandelions that seem intent on taking over my lawn. They raise their pretty yellow heads only to incite my irritation. Are they saying, “Bring it on” to me?  And so I spent a whole day researching for the best tool to use. I am no [...]

Here’s this week’s post. It’s a short video on how to peel prawns and yet keep their shells on. Not every recipe requires this skill. If you’re the kind of person who prefers to eat fish without having to watch the bones, or eat crabmeat without having to pry open the shell or have the [...]

Let’s just face facts. If I were to tell my kids that they would be eating the pulp from squeezed soy beans, they would probably think their mom have gone bananas or must have a serious case of spring fever. So instead, I have looked for recipes which will allow me to slip in okara [...]

Let me first say that I have never baked a pie in my life till I came across  this pie crust recipe. And if you give credit to beginner’s luck that my pie crust turned out unexpectedly well first time round, it has been well if not excellent (hmm..not so modest eh?) ever since. So [...]