Eating

Valentine’s Day Wine Guide for Newbs

It’s Valentine’s Day, and you know what that means: chocolate, fancy dinners and, of course, wine! What’s that? You don’t know the first thing about wine? You rarely ever drink it? This just won’t do. Skimp on the wine for your candle-lit dinner and it’s game over, pal. But don’t worry, we have your back. This crash course will blow through the basics of food-wine pairing and let you get back to planning for the big V. First things first: …

 Desserts & Pastries

Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies

We love giving cookies as gifts, but it can be troublesome! The thought of having to decorate them with pretty icing, then cracking your head on how to pack it before all that icing melts away? Finally, we have a beautiful Sugar Cookie recipe without all the hassle to make & share this Valentine’s. The best part – you can pre-make the dough way ahead, a definite plus for the busy cookie lover.

 Eating

Detox Diets – Good for Post-Festive Season Guilt?

Now that the festivities are finally over, you feel bloated, uncomfortable and guilty for all that gluttony.  Well, it’s time to make good on your resolution to eat healthily and maybe lose a little weight from all binging. Wait – before you go back into the gym and jump into looking up some articles on which diet is the easiest to attempt, you wonder if you should do a detox to jumpstart your quest. With a plethora of detox diets …

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Chendol Log Cake

Yule log cakes or Buche de Noels are renown for their light and fluffy texture which is achieved by whisking the meringue to the optimal consistency, in this case, stiff peak, to incorporate air into the batter. With Kenwood’s Chef XL Titanium Stand Mixer, whisking and beating is made easier for us. This stand mixer unique fold function which mixes ingredients carefully without overbeating and variable speeds you can adjust for the ultimate control. Also, with the Spotlight function, a …

Chestnut Cake

This dessert is modeled after the famous Mont-Blanc Aux Marrons, a masterpiece formed of pureed, sweetened chestnuts covering whipped cream to resemble the snow-capped mountains. It is a bit labour-intensive because the chestnuts are braised for hours before they are mashed, but consider that our version calls for a soft sponge base topped with fresh cream and covered with a luxurious mound of merlot infused chestnut swirl. It is an absolute pure indulgence that will be worth your efforts. This …

Milo Dinosaur Yule Log Cake

Would you like a hot chocolate? Southeast Asians will tell you Milo please! This beloved drink has been upgraded into many variations such as Milo Dinosaur and even Milo Godzilla. It has also been used in many other dessert recipes such as Milo cake, Milo brownies, Milo cupcakes, or even Milo dinosaur cake as 7-11 did for National day this year. But for this Christmas in 2019, our friends at Share Food take these local Milo dessert recipes up a …

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