Crab Meat Squid Ink Linguine

I had attempted something similar awhile back, but didn’t have squid ink linguine then. After acquiring some lately, I decided to give it another shot, and document the recipe if it tastes good. Even though I would not attempt to compare it with my favourite crab meat squid ink pasta from Valentinos, I do think […]

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The night where things went wrong…

Yesterday night. That was the night. Well you see, my husband, J had invited his colleagues over for a pizza party this afternoon. Pizza party meaning that he was going to make pizzas, from scratch, for them. I was tasked to prepare dessert. After giving it some thought, I decided to make Maple Pecan Tart. […]

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Tis the season for the fruitcake…

My mother surprised me a couple of weeks back by requesting that I bake her a fruitcake this year. She does not have a very sweet tooth, and hardly ever requests for any baked goods and so this was indeed surprising. I didn’t even think she liked fruitcakes! Anyway, it was too late to start […]

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Potato Mushroom Gratin

It was one of those days where we had potatoes to spare after making mash potatoes for dinner the previous night. We wanted something simple – a one dish meal paired with perhaps a salad, and so a gratin seemed like a good choice. When making potato gratins, I find that boiling the potatoes in […]

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Joy is when your cookbook haul from Amazon arrives

Yes yes, so we’ve all sworn off buying more cookbooks because we simply have too many or that we’ve run out of shelf space or that we don’t use the existing ones enough. But once I start surfing around Amazon.com, I always find cookbooks that I “simply must have”. Afterall, I’ve used at least one […]

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Chocolate Pear Pudding Cake

Ever had those days where you needed a dessert but had too little time? Well, yesterday was one of those days. Hubby and I had a wedding to attend in the afternoon but were also invited to dinner at a lovely couple’s place. Determined to bring along something home-baked for dessert and so started browsing […]

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Christmas Kugelhopf

I really wanted to try to bake one of the popular Christmas breads this year. After flipping through a few recipe books, I initially settled on the one from Joy of Cooking. Something went wrong however, during the mixing process. The dough just didn’t seem to come together sufficiently for me to shape it (or […]

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