The other day, a friend mentioned how she loved tea but stopped taking it after her dentist asked her if she smoked because of teeth stains. Well yes, tea does stain. It contains tannic acid....

I've had Buderim candied ginger bites in Australia and someone brought me ginger bears once. Come again you say? Ginger bears have the flavour of ginger beer in a gummy bear. Now here come Fruit...

Sometime back, I found a news article on various foodstuff found in state fairs. There's this one peculiarity, fried Coke. It has been a few weeks and the coverage hasn't let up. Fried Coke...

Interesting! I bet every other person will troop to the Asian stores and sales will soar with this news report out. Researchers at the University of Arizona found that the spice therapeutic effects...

I've been wanting to build a clay or brick oven for sometime now. Although I have the spare space (and more!), but what stops me from having one is the thought that except for a few days in a......

More than a handful energy drinks are launched the world over year after year. These are usually marketed to teenagers and young adults. Just like the problem with cola, energy drinks are laden with...

What do you have on your toast, butter or margarine? Well, butter of course! But I am no margarine hater either. There's a small tub of it in my pantry. I use it now and then for summer picnic......

If you're looking for healthy recipes for schoolchildren, one of those I recommend is falafel. These are Middle Eastern/Mediterranean chick pea patties. Falafel are also a vegetarian favourite....

Two of my previous posts mention balsamic vinegar here and there. Someone asked me what exactly is this kind of vinegar and how come it is used so sparingly? Aceto Balsamico, its Italian name, is a...

I don't know why Reuters classified this under Oddly Enough. Gourmet and dark chocolate sales are expected to rise even more because they are perceived to be good for the health. More and more,...

I found these two posts via megnut.com. Is eating at home cheaper? and Is Eating Out Cheaper Than Eating In? both try to find the more cost effective solution. In my personal experience, whether...

People nowadays are more adventurous when it comes to food. Media's coverage of out of the way places, distant locales and exotic nibbles has made everyone more curious of unfamiliar cuisines....

Remember the presents my friend Genie brought me from Paris? Earlier, I featured the Fleur de Sel and now the Sésame au Thé Vert (seasoning of green tea flakes and roasted sesame seeds) from the...

After a get-together at home, I found a small vial of orange liqueur in my kitchen. The friend who left it behind said I can have it. It was too small and too precious a bottle to be risked......

It is a large and diverse continent and perhaps only a handful of people know African cuisine. Thank goodness for the internet and more reading materials on African cooking, I now know a bit more...

They always have a good time, those wonderful food bloggers in London! Recently, they had a mexican cooking workshop. What better way to do it but to have participants who intimately know Mexican...

Life in the middle of a strong typhoon with a 36-hour blackout, what's a girl to do? Bake some bread! The rolls pictured above are not much to look at (think: kneading and shaping dough by...

I don't want to enter the realm of politics on this blog but with this news report on the prisoners in Guantanamo, I can't help but air a few comments. The situation: Detainees in Guantanamo...

As a food blogger, I constantly encounter posts on other bloggers' love or hate or love/hate for the food network and its stars. Since I do not watch the Food Network, or enough TV for that...

I admit, each time I see apples, I just want to have them all. I can eat them all day! Well, it's autumn in the northern hemishphere and it's the season for apples. I see them featured on...