Re-entering the Kitchen: Chawan-mushi (Japanese Steamed Egg Custard)

My mom used to make steamed egg custard for us when we were kids for as long as I could remember. Hers was the Chinese style: egg + water + minced pork + light soy sauce -> steam for 10-15

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Hannah and Her Critters

Aside from the daily battles with mosquites, her encounter with other creatures include our resident load of pet fish, urbanised birds, domesticated dogs from neighbours, stray cats, ants and millipedes. Yeah, millipedes. Hmmm, millipedes? Story goes like this. We happened upon

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Re-entering the Kitchen: Green Radish and Carrot Soup (青红罗卜汤)

Thanks to Food 4 Tots, we have another new soup to enjoy :) Just the other day while I was doing grocery shopping at Sheng Siong, the sight of green radish caught my eye. Another new vegetable to KIV for

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Gleamings from ‘Positive Discipline for Preschoolers’ Book: Power Struggle

Yang got me this parenting book as a surprise birthday gift recently as I kept extending its borrowing period with the library. :) The last time I shared something from this book was about a month ago. I touched on Hannah

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Re-entering the Kitchen: Yakitori (Japanese Grilled Skewered Chicken)

If you haven’t already visited this great cooking blog called Food 4 Tots and are running out of ideas for preparing meals, you should seriously give the recipes from this blog a shot. The mother painstakingly wrote down all kinds

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