Saturday, July 31, 2010

Baking and Desserts

Criterias for Choosing A Bread Maker Criterias for Choosing A Bread Maker

Picking up where we left off last week.. Here’s my list to quickly recap what... 


The Wonder Machine The Wonder Machine

Well, at least it’s currently my wonder machine.  My new bread maker, which... 


Bread Baking Made Easy Bread Baking Made Easy

Looking from the title of this post, some of you may think that my article must be... 


Your Own IceCream Your Own IceCream

Having written much about the icecream maker, I would like to delve a bit onto some... 


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Herbs and Spices

Gravy and Side Dish to Accompany The Baked Chicken Gravy and Side Dish to Accompany The Baked Chicken

Somebody submitted a question to me a couple of days ago for advice on what is a... 


Choose Herbs to Enhance Our Dishes with Unforgettable Aroma and Taste Choose Herbs to Enhance Our Dishes with Unforgettable Aroma and Taste

A good way to enhance your dishes with unforgettable aroma is to use herbs.  Be... 


Dutch Influence, Indonesian Delights Dutch Influence, Indonesian Delights

Recently I watched an interview of Bobby Chinn by CNN Talk Asia’s Anjuli Rao. ... 


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Seafood and Meat

Fry Foods Fry Foods

I fry foods once or twice a week, as the kids love their bite-size breaded chicken wings to go with steamed rice and some mild veggie or boiled-egg curry. Traditionally, in my mother’s household, we fry foods in a thick black wok, but you need a specific stove ring to hold up the wok firmly from tipping over and spilling boiling hot oil.  Nowadays... [Read more of this review]


Gravy and Side Dish to Accompany The Baked Chicken Gravy and Side Dish to Accompany The Baked Chicken

Somebody submitted a question to me a couple of days ago for advice on what is a good gravy and side dish to go with her baked chicken and here is my answer. The simplest gravy to go with the baked chicken is as follows.  The most Basic 3 items – Chicken broth, cream and corn starch.  Prepare roughly equal parts of broth and cream to make a... [Read more of this review]


Cooking the Turkey Cooking the Turkey

Generally, when we think of cooking turkey, it is usually meant for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  You know, the roasted whole turkey, with all kinds of stuffing and the whole enchilada of gravy and sauce. Now why is that so?  Perhaps due to the thoughts of its huge whole size and longer time of preparation and cooking, held back many of us from making... [Read more of this review]


Dutch Influence, Indonesian Delights Dutch Influence, Indonesian Delights

Recently I watched an interview of Bobby Chinn by CNN Talk Asia’s Anjuli Rao.  Bobby lives in South East Asia and travels throughout the continent for his show World Cafe Asia.  The way he presented is quite refreshing and I managed to catch one of his episodes showcasing Indonesian food.  Well mainly what’s available in the capital city... [Read more of this review]


Tips on Buying Seafood Tips on Buying Seafood

To me, knowing how to buy seafood is important, because low quality ones can get people sick from eating them. I believe most of us tend to buy seafood from the big stores.  Some of us love waking up before the sun rises to tramp the wet fish market so that we get the better choices of the day, just like an executive chef of a restaurant.  And then... [Read more of this review]


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