I am slightly obsessed with cramming as much whole grain as I can into my toddler, T’s diet…


My seafood sausage, an homage to Chanterelle
This past weekend was my brother’s and his wife’s birthdays; they share the same birthday. They also happened…

Family Food: Quick Pizza Dough
This is an awesome recipe for a super-quick pizza. I’d go as far as to describe it as…

Toddler Food: Barley Grits Porridge
Like many Chinese children, I grew up eating plenty of porridge (which, in the Chinese context, is savoury…

Cashew Nut Pesto
Pesto at its best is fresh, piquant, zingy, creamy, and surprisingly luxurious. It’s comforting for me to know…

Mother-In-Law’s Recipe for Turkish Kofte
There was a time when I was married to a lovely Turkish man and that meant summers in…

Pakomen (排骨拉麺): The Comfort Food of Japanese Prime Ministers
This dish of spare rib ramen—that the Japanese call pakomen (and if you read the kanji, it would…

Classic British Flapjacks
I have a thing for British food personalities. Maybe I’m drawn to their accent, the way they speak…

Family Food: Easy Roasted Vegetable and Quinoa Salad
If you’ve been put off by bland tasting quinoa salads (as I have), this recipe for roasted vegetable…