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The Peking Duck Lesson

Cooking requires a lot of planning and organising, but once you are organised, cooking isn’t a so daunting, even if you have to do it everyday with a full-time job. There was a time when I would go to the wet market on Sundays in the morning, and then cook the meat dishes for theContinue reading “The Peking Duck Lesson”

Sweet Memories of Pumpkins and Rubies

The good news for dessert-lovers is that Thai desserts are inexpensive to make. The not-so-good news is that they take a long time to make. I guess you can’t have your cake and eat it. I made Thai red ruby dessert (Tub Tim Grob) for the first time many years ago, and was surprised atContinue reading “Sweet Memories of Pumpkins and Rubies”

If you can read, you can cook

“If you can read, you can cook.” Zita. Zita is someone I met many years ago, who was a competent cook and a walking encyclopedia. She had a book, which I found very useful, on diet therapy for people with chronic conditions. It explained a number of common chronic conditions and why people with thoseContinue reading “If you can read, you can cook”

Chicken Bits with a Bite

If you are health conscious and avoid fried food, once in a while it’s good to have a “healthy diet cheat day”. It might not be so good for the health, but certainly good for the heart to have something that brings cheer. I came across a video of Mama Noi’s Kitchen on YouTube, showingContinue reading “Chicken Bits with a Bite”

Leftovers Makeovers

Trifle can mean “a thing of little value of importance” or it can mean “a cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly and cream”. There is art in recycling dessert. I always think of trifle when I think of recycling cake, mainly because I love jelly. But if youContinue reading “Leftovers Makeovers”

Teens’ Talk

“Homemaking to me is how I feel I can best show my love to my family. By making my house a home that is enjoyable for me, I do so for the rest of the family as well. From maintaining cleanliness of our living spaces to cooking good food for them to munch on, homemakingContinue reading “Teens’ Talk”

Housekeeping is like Accounting

Housekeeping is like accounting. If you do your accounts daily, doing the summary at the end of the month won’t be a nightmare. Housekeeping is the same. If you do a little everyday, housework isn’t a big chore, it’s many little ones. Recently, I heard of someone in another country who spent an hour cleaningContinue reading “Housekeeping is like Accounting”

The Clear Soup Dessert

It took me several days to find all the ingredients for a local Singaporean dessert which I had always assumed “easy to make”. It involved going to a Chinese medicine shop to get sterculia lychnophora (Pang Da Hai), a type of seed from which the soft jelly substance which give Cheng Tng its distinctive appearanceContinue reading “The Clear Soup Dessert”

HomeBlog – A Reason to Smile

It has been just over a week since this blog was launched. You might be wondering how the blog has fared. To my surprise, people from a number of countries have viewed the blog. A law student told me that scrolling through the blog made her smile! It made all the effort worthwhile. We areContinue reading “HomeBlog – A Reason to Smile”

Housekeeping as an attitude

When most of us think of housekeeping, we think of hotels and hospitality establishments, but because the word “housekeeping” has the word “house” in it, it actually refers to the home. The online etymology dictionary states that housekeeping is “management of domestic concerns”. Housekeeping has taken on a wider scope in modern times. It alsoContinue reading “Housekeeping as an attitude”