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The season of Indulgence is here. It is the perfect time of the year to dig into recipe books and bring out those spicy and sweet treats. For me there is always a reason to experiment with something sweet! During Diwali, a reader asked me to suggest

he celebration of Love is the most special kind of celebration. Love is eternal and omnipresent. It needs no special day or moment to be enjoyed but still having a day a year in our lives when we take time out to sit back and marvel at its wonders, expres

This photo pretty much sums up why I love Greek cuisine. This is a typical meal I had on the island of Lesvos (close to Turkey), at a family-owned taverna that is completely off the beaten path -- down a tiny dirt road lined with overgrown foliage and a c

I like batter dipped food verses breaded. I use chicken thighs since dark meat stays moist versus white meat. I soaked the chicken in buttermilk. It gives the chicken some moisture and flavor. Soak the chicken for a least 30 minutes, if you choose to do

I first tasted this nian gao puff at my first blogger meet during last Chinese New Year. They were from Tracie of Bitter Sweet Flavors and I fell in love with it. I am crazy over deep fried nian gao that were sandwiched with yam and sweet potatoes

Ingredients: 1 pound fresh tahong ( mussels ), cleaned 1 medium sweet onion, sliced 3 cloves garlic, diced 1 thumb sized ginger, finely sliced 3 fresh tomatoes, chopped into chunks 1 tablespoons vegetable oil 2-3

Hope you all had a great Easter ! Here we also had a great time?. I made this White chocolate mousse with passion fruit from Technicolor Kitchen as our Easter dessert. You must be well aware of my love affair with passion fruit by now J I

This has to be the most decadent and the easiest dessert that I?ve ever made. With only 3 ingredients and about 10 minutes of hands-on time, it?s hard to believe the end result could be this tasty AND the technique is almost fool-proof. When I saw this

You must be surprised with the name?..right? I think even very few Maharashtrian would know this recipe. It is my Mai Aaji special recipe from Marathwada. It's a very simple, tasty and crunchy type of chutney. You can have it with chapati, paratha, bhakr

I believe the popularity of ?adobo? has already transcended into the subconscious mind of most Filipinos. I can say this because during times when our group can no longer think of a new viand, we would always settle with an ?adobo? dish ??? not really

Despite its name, the Bombay Duck is not a duck! It is a variety of fish that is found in the Arabian sea especially on the coast of Mumbai and Kutch (in Gujarat). Bombay duck is pretty popular in Mumbai (it has to be!) and is eaten both fresh and in its

I am very happy to host this month SNC Challenge - 14 and exciting part is, 14th challenge coincidentally falls on this valentine month. So Feeling very special and I know most of you, would have expected something sweet recipe for valentine special but f

Potato Crusted Tilapia with Hollandaise Sauce Backstory One of my family s favorite fish dishes is tilapia fillets. It makes for a great weeknight dinner because the preparation is simple and they cook quickly. In fact, the ingredient that takes

So the cupcake abstaining didn't last for long. It was Byron's Dads 50th on Friday and that called for cupcakes. It wasn't the best of timing seen as how we were in the middle of packing up our whole house getting ready to leave for our Caribbean advent

These little savory cakes make a great appetizer for any occasion. A simple recipe with a very delicate flavor !! Preparation time: 2 hours INGREDIENTS enough to make about 18 small cakes (2.5 x 3 inch round cake pans)

A care-package arrived from Japan this morning full of delights, two of which were Buta-man (Pork Buns) and Hotate-man (Scallop Buns). Buta-man is Japanese food made from flour dough, and filled with cooked ground pork or other ingredients. Across

Dairy lover. Butter fiend. Milk addict. Friend of cheese. Yogurt connoisseur. Go ahead. Call me names. They're all true. I am a dairy lover, deeply committed to my glass of chilled milk at bedtime and my 5 o'clock plate of cheese bites. And don't ge

I knew I had to make Yangnyeom Tongdak after I saw the recipe in M aangchi's website . I was a bit skeptical in the beginning when I saw that she used potato flour and sweet glutinous flour to coat the chicken, because I thought it would make the chic

I start to love this kind of thing, little chocolate bonbon, is my new toy. Anyway I can't say that I'm good at it, it's only the beginning. Last year my friend gave me the silicone chocolate molds (well about 3 of it) after I said that I want to try it.

Recently I was addicted to the " NEW " Mango and Matcha steamed cake from one of the well-known local bakery known as Fourleaves . I am not sure whether have you tired it but I love it's fragrant, soft and fluffy texture which I could eat either 2 or 3 d

I've been seeing a lot of recipes for "Hot Cross Buns" all over Food Blosphere. I got to thinking-- my D.N.A. roots are deeply embedded in Germany-- Bavaria , to be specific. I saw a similarity to the sweet dough for Hot Cross Buns (an English Easter

A year ago, I literally stumbled across Ree Drummond's blog, " The Pioneer Woman Cook's " and I got lost in it for hours-- then days. Her blog is about more than just cooking-- it's about her life on a big cattle ranch in Oklahoma. She home schools he

For the first of my recipes featuring mustard, I am doing a sauce. There are times in life when you want to start the day with a special meal. But unfortunately breakfast usually falls into 2 categories-- A): dry, dull, tasteless and healthy, or B): cr

Two days off from school because of his runny nose, returning to school frighten Gabriel. He cried and peeked through the glass panel from his class, seeing the tiny shadow pressing on the glass panel it was hard for me. His eyes looked worries, searched