I roasted a chicken today for two reasons. The first was that I had a chicken that needed to be cooked – it was one of the two that still…

When I was a teacher ages ago and lived alone, I would cook enough food to make up 2 meals a day – one for dinner and the rest to…

I bought a chicken. That, in itself, was not unusual.  But unfortunately, I forgot to instruct the shop people to remove the head and feet of the chicken. So I…

Sometimes it is not so much that I am super busy but that I want to get dinner done and out of the way so I can get on with…

I was going to cook a baked rice dish for dinner but the LAM observed that we hadn’t had any pasta for a while. That is true since I usually…

Do you Like the spicy mala (麻辣) taste of Sze Chuan food? I love it! There is something really yummy about that spiciness that lingers on one’s tongue. I went to…

I have a tiny box of saffron. It’s precious because well, saffron is not the most expensive spice in the world for no reason! It takes 250000 flowers to make a…

I just cannot run away from one-pot dishes. But then again, why would I want to, right? I had a really busy week. Year-end examinations are approaching and that means…

I watched with interested last week when my friend Sharron cooked this dish which she topped with these crispy shredded ginger. Wow, how to get the ginger to be so…

One of my favorite discoveries this year has to be one-pot pastas. I think they are one of the best methods of cooking, especially for busy folks. And lets face…