From the category archives:

Fruits

Pineapple Tarts

February 8, 2010

I am on a Chinese New Year baking mood now, so for the past few days, I have been busy in the kitchen. Among all my bakes, I would have to say that this one was the hardest and took the longest time – the Pineapple Tart.

The pineapple jam was the most tedious part of [...]

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Durian

January 7, 2010

My first post of the year!! Sorry for the lack of updates. I am still on vacation in South East Asia enjoying all the yummy food. Even though this is where I was born, after being away for a while, it is still amazing at the variety of food there are. And people seems to [...]

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Lemon Curd Bar

January 5, 2009

I’ve always wanted to make some sort of lemon bar but it could never find its way to the top of my to-bake list till last week. I was cleaning out my pantry when I noticed that the jar of lemon curd I bought from Trader Joe’s was about to expire. So I guess that’s [...]

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Mystery berry???

August 23, 2007

Do you know what kind of berry this is??
Strawberry – Not!
Blueberry – Not!
Blackberry – Not!
Raspberry – Not!
Marionberry – Not!
Give up???
It’s
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Huckleberry!!
This is the first time I’ve ever seen huckleberries. The name reminds me of Huckleberry Finn from the Tom Sawyer book. Anway, we got this in Oregon last month. It was pretty expensive at [...]

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