Moving is a lengthy process. It does not just include packing the belongings that you own, but also the immaterial baggage you know you are leaving behind. This is not the first time I have changed cities, but I find that it does not get any easier the next time around, no matter how much […] Read more…
I just spent a few days in France to visit my family and friends for some early holiday catch-up. Paris is an amazing city for all things culinary and I had a great time looking for new kitchen ramekins and some new cookbooks. I was happily surprised to get an early christmas present from my […] Read more…
My most recent cook-book purchase (on the advice of fellow food-blogger Holybasil) is Andrea Nguyen’s superb ‘Into the Vietnamese Kitchen.’ It’s one of those rare cookbooks that you can read almost like a novel. She details the ordeals of her family leaving Saigon in 1975 and establishing a new life on the West Coast, and […] Read more…
” I am looking for Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey please. I can’t find it anywhere in the cooking section.”“Sticky… what? Are you sure it’s in the cooking section? What a strange title!” The bookstore clerk was frenetically browsing the computer repertoire to find the book. “Ah, here it is – Sticky, Messy, Chewy, Gooey, you […] Read more…
It’s that time of the year again: the snow has just started falling, the city has become quiet and the trees bear a thick white blanket. All I need now is a cosy fireplace, a wool blanket and a mug of hot chocolate… I wouldn’t say no to good food either though! As I mentioned […] Read more…
For some reason, cooking Indian food has always proved an enigma to me. Even the cheapest, sketchiest takeout joints seem to serve up dishes that just sparkle with flavour and richness that I’ve found really tough to replicate in the kitchen. I used to secretly attribute the discrepancy to the fact that these cheap takeout […] Read more…