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Spaghetti Aglio Olio with Buttered Chicken & Homegrown Genovese Basil

I just wanted to make the name of the dish extra long because I am so extremely pleased with myself.  Heh. So this was what we had for dinner last night.  It was a last minute preparation, given that yesterday … Continue reading

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Homemade Pulut Tai Tai with Two Ingredients From My Garden!

Here’s a delicacy I have been dying to make for the longest time.  It’s called pulut tai tai, and it is one of the prettiest looking nyonya kueh you’ll ever see.  It’s one of my husband’s favorites too!  Made from glutinous rice, pulut tai … Continue reading

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Grandmother Bread: My Current Go-to Homemade Bread

There’s a reason why I have not been posting about my bread-making escapades of late.  I started out making and perfecting that loaf of bread with the milk loaf, and ever since, I had been using that.  Hence, no reason … Continue reading

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Homemade Kaya: I Did It the 10-Minute Way!

While I was growing up in Ipoh, I remember sometimes waking up to the smell of kaya cooking away.  When my grandma visited us, she would sometimes whip up her homemade kaya using the charcoal stove, and since my room … Continue reading

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Orange & Pumpkin Crazy Cake

I want to share with you today a very special cake I recently made.  It’s special because this cake contained NO EGGS, NO BUTTER, NO MILK  and if you want to follow my recipe exactly, you don’t even need a … Continue reading

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