Cookbook

Tish Boyle’s Basic White Butter Cake

March 2, 2013

As the last pineapple tart gets depleted from the ubiquitous red lidded plastic tub, it becomes official, Chinese New Year is over. There will be some who are still working off the CNY left overs but for me, I am eager to stash away my pineapple tart molds and return to something more fundamental. When [...]

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Luxe Pound Cake With Kumquat Compote

March 6, 2011

The regulars who read my post would know that there are a few cookbooks that I tend to cook from alot. Bourke Street Bakery is my latest favourite and there is Keiko Ishida’s Okashi which has inspired me again and again. For anyone who is interested in baking, Tish Boyle’s classic duo, The Cake Book [...]

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Bad Breakfast Breed Dumb Kids?… Crumpets with Blueberry Butter

February 12, 2011

I sometimes truly think that in this scientific age of ours, we analyse too much. I am guilty as charged. We whine at the calories counter, fearing that we will get fat and become unattractive. I have seen health freaks grimace at the sight of oil and salt, preferring instead to partake in bland and parched food.Also spotted [...]

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Bourke Street Bakery’s Passion Fruit Meringue Tart

November 21, 2010

During my previous trip to Sydney, I had lugged back the very hefty but highly raved baking cookbook, Bourke Street Bakery- The Ultimate Baking Companion. Authored by chefs Paul Allam and David Mcguinness, this is possibly one of the most generous and truthful cookbook I have come across in a long time – a true baking bible. The forward [...]

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White Truffle Oil Infused Custard – Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry Cookbook

January 29, 2010

I promise I promise, on my next trip to New York or better still, California, I have to, I have to eat at Thomas Keller’s restaurant! I first learnt about Thomas Keller when I read Anthony Bourdain’s A Cook’s Tour almost 8 years ago. I was intrigued when Anthony Bourdain and 3 other guests went [...]

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Apricot Chocolate Tart – Another One For The Petit Fours Collection

September 23, 2009

This is another tartlet recipe from Desserts By Pierre Herme and I couldn’t agree more with Dorie Greenspan’s warning – this is DANGEROUS. Enjoy this with a very conscious restrain. The apricot, steeped in lemon juice,honey and a dash of pepper(so clever) is plump with a refreshing sweetness. When these are used to pack the [...]

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Orange Tartlets… My First Pierre Herme Recipe

August 25, 2009

I believe most avid cooks/bakers share the same insatiable impulse to possess every glossy and delicious looking cookbook that crosses their path.Before we know it, the book shelf is spilling over with the 4th cookbook dedicated solely to chiffon cake, the 6th cookbook on chocolate desserts….I have not dared to count the number of cook [...]