Desserts

“You know,” my mother mused aloud as she watched me frowning over a big metal bowl of dough, “most ‘ahjumas’1 don’t even bother making this from scratch because the packet mix is so good…”

I grit my teeth. “Shut up, mom!”

Seemingly oblivious to my pained request that she stop rubbing it in, she continued with “I [...]



I’m sure anyone who’s a bit of a cake-baker knows this story - you’ve made a lovely little teacake or sponge to be enjoyed…and while it tastes marvelous, for some reason or another (perhaps, you’ve baked a sticky date cake which the family have been much more drawn too *cough cough*) there’s a few pieces [...]



Despite my many claims in this blog that I am not a chocoholic, I have to admit that I have a love of it. Of course, unlike serious chocolate fiends, I don’t dream of swimming in lakes of chocolate, nor do I pitch a fit when its unavailable, but more and more I find that [...]



Unfortunately, I’ve been out of the kitchen all week due to study (and I’m still working on an analysis of bias in the media) so haven’t really got anything spectacular for your perusal. However, in lieu of that, here’s a Gâteau au Yaourt that I made using a recipe from Clotilde’s blog, Chocolate & [...]



Steamed buns - one filled with sweetened red bean paste, the other with finely chopped spring onion

With China, Japan and Korea being in such close proximity to each other, it means that many dishes cross the short distances to each country, either in its existing form or being recreated into a new variation (such as [...]