We’re in the last quarter already?! This year is just flying by at such warp speed that it’s knocking my pants off. But at least it’s spring! So even though I’m sneezing like crazy, I’m loving the extra dose of sunshine and warmth. Ok maybe not from this week and last weekend when winter reared [...]
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I know I’m a sporadic Daring Baker and I’m shamefully late with this one but I found it hard to resist this one challenge. Namely because it’s chocolate and hello! it’s one of my favourites, the Marquise. As we were told, this was a special dessert that was chosen because it’s relatively unknown and it [...]
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I’m such a sucker for impulsive purchases. Story of my life really; a handful of unworn dresses many with the tags still intact, shoes that have pounded the pavement just once, neglected bags crumpled at the back of my cupboard including, horribly enough, a beloved designer number that hasn’t been out of its dustbag more [...]
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I was going to start off this post by reminding you of my fetish for a bit of banana and hot oil action. And then launch into the fact that this ‘dumpling’ is not to be confused with a fritter and that it’s more like a dense and chewy steamed Malay glutinous rice dessert. I [...]
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There are two instances in a year that I always feel down and a little blah. They’re my biannual blues and it always occurs on the first day of the year and on the first day of autumn. Simple explanation is that I loathe it when good things must come to an end. And the [...]
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Just my luck that that when I started writing this post on the weekend, we were absolutely melting under Mother Nature’s +40°C wrath. That initial draft is now down the drain since the weather did a complete 180. I went from near-nakedness to warm clothes quicker than you could say, “ooh southerly change!”. But deep [...]
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