Your Merry Christmas may depend on what others do for you. But your Happy New Year depends on what you do for others - Anonymous.Thank you for such a meaningful greeting and just as the clock signals the arrival of New Year on the this midnight, i wish you all a better beginning tomorrow and
Christmas has come and i would like to thank all my family, friends and readers for their support. I have baked a Christmas Star Bread as the Christmas Star is so very special and magical. Although this bread does not shine but it does light up my heart to see the smiles in the family when it was presented to be shared. Thank you Feeding My Enthusiasms for your inspiration.
If you live in this hemisphere, it’s your signal to celebrate. The shortest day is here! After the winter solstice, the days will get longer, and the nights shorter. It’s a seasonal shift that nearly everyone notices. Since the pace of living has become faster and people are now busier, some customs have fallen into oblivion but we should not allow it. We have to celebrate today, the Winter Solstice with a happy get-together and eat. Food plays an important part in my family during any festivities and we are going to enjoy 'Tong Yuen' in hot ginger sweet soup. Today is sure going to be the shortest day for us here, let is fall, let it fall, we have no where to go but to enjoy our 'Tong Yuen' and become one year older......
I had wanted to bake something Chrismas and instead of heading the cookie way, decided to make bread I know that bread is baked and shared on Chrismas time in most european countries. I googled and found this recipe which looked easy. I fell in love with it the moment i set eyes on the google image of this bread........
I have partnered up with OXO to offer you this super cute “Good Cookie” spatula of which are sold nationwide to support the charity “Cookies for Kids Cancer”. It was founded by two OXO employees, Gretchen and Larry Witt, who were inspired by their son Liam’s battle with pediatric cancer. Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was born to help raise funds to help fight pediatric cancer through the concept of local bake sales. OXO employees were inspired to help “bake a difference” by baking cookies and holding bake sales and through their efforts have helped raise over $150,000 to support Cookies for Kids’ Cancer...................
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What type of sambal do you like best? But before you can answer, you would have to know what Sambal is.Sambal is a chili based sauce which is popular in South East Asia and normally used as a condiment...........
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth thursday in November each year and it is TODAY. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!. It is a special joyous family festival, well-commemorated to express gratitude and appreciation, a sincere thanksgiving offered to God for all His blessings, to the family, loved ones and friends for all their support. This is a holiday celebrated with lots of enthusiasm which involves family getting together from near and far, for a time of special communion and togetherness. In addition to family time, there are numerous activities and traditions which go along to make this day one of the most eventful days of the year, especially for Grandparents and Parents. Thanksgiving Dinner is usually the main event of the day and that's where the Turkey will be the center of attention.
I had better stop all these yaddy yaddy yaddy and get myself to some serious baking and cooking. But before i do that, i would like to express my thanks and appreciation to all my family, friends, readers, fellow bloggers for their support and their continuation to visit this humble blog. My greatest thanks go to Renee, who wrote so many wonderful things about me and said that i will love her forever, which i do and will love not only her but also Ashley and Alexander as well. I have enough of LOVE for all of them including the whole family.
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Thanksgiving is around the corner and i have been so caught up with whatever??????? and you would not believe me when i tell you that i have not even bought 'The Turkey' - a must have for Thanksgiving. Renee and Alexander are very optimistic that they might win a turkey AGAIN this year in their school Turkey Pokey. They confidently told me the other day when i mentioned that i have not bought the turkey yet - they said - Popo don't buy, we MIGHT come home with one from the school's Turkey Trot. I was so happy that they showed so much enthusiasm, i love all three of my grandchildren as they are such good kids - The chinese saying or rather my saying - "Ah po has no naughty grandchildren until they lau kei". So, for all those people who have not bought the turkey, please do so today cos these frozen birds take awhile to thaw and the clock is ticking fast to Thanksgiving Day. In the meantime, we all still have to dine and since the mind has been refreshed to BRINING, i would like to share a BRINED PORK CHOP dinner...............
Tiramisu, an Italian cake and dessert. literally means "pick me up". It is made of ladyfingers (Italian: Savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone, and flavored with liqueur and cocoa. Tiramisu is usually made in deep dish or casserole but i have decided to make it into a Charlotte.........
According to Wikipedia, Ladyfingers, are light and sweet sponge cakes roughly shaped like a large finger. They are called savoiardi in Italian (meaning "from Savoy"), or in French biscuits à la cuillère or boudoirs. In the UK they may be called sponge-fingers, trifle sponges or boudoir biscuits. In Dutch, they are called lange vingers, literally translating to "long fingers". In Germany they are called Löffelbiskuit, which translates to "spoon biscuit".
I love this beef stew with daikon/radish. It is a Cantonese favorite and it's usually eaten with egg noodle soup and tasted just as delicious with white rice. I like mine with lots of beef tendon, so i cooked this dish with beef shank instead of the usual beef brisket. Adding Daikon /radish to this stew is a must as beef and daikon/radish together is a marriage made in heaven........
This glaze has intrigued me since I borrowed Rose Levy Beranbaum’s newest book, “Rose’s Heavenly Cakes”, which received “Cookbook of The Year” award and was also the winner in the “Baking: Savory or Sweet” category at 2010 IACP Cookbook Awards. Very well deserved. I finally had the opportunity to make it for Sandra's birthday. I used this glaze to replace the chocolate glaze suggested in Dorie Greenspan's Chocolate Caramel Chestnut Cake from her book - Baking From My Home to Yours...............
When i cooked Ddeokbokki, i had to cook Ddeokguk, a soup filled with soft Korean rice cakes (Ddeok). Ddeokbokki was too spicy for my grandchildren. Renee will not try it , Alexander said that his palate is more mature and tried a piece. You should see his face turned red and his eyes rolled big from the spiciness. He reached for his Sprite and gave a big smile. We praised him for being so brave and he was beaming with pride..........
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What is the difference between 'Ddeok' and 'Nian Gao'? 'Ddeok' is of Korean origin and 'Nian Gao' is chinese(Shanghainese). The only similarity is that they are both Rice Cake, the shapes might defer but the texture of the cake is the same - bland and chewy. You might be surprised to hear that ddeokbokki (Korean) originated from the royal palace in the Chosun dynasty. At that time they used soya sauce instead of gochujang paste, and the King had this Gungjung Ddeokbokki on New Year's day. Gungjung means “palace” in English. The chinese too serve this 'Nian Gao' on New Year's day, is this coincidental or what?????.
