As summer approaches, more long, hot and dry days are on the horizon. Here’s a quick and easy drink idea to cool down for your family and guests. In this version we stirred in Chamomile ice cubes, Japanese cucumber slices, a chamomile tea bag together with tonic water for a quick and easy refreshing pitcher. …
What’s the first thing you think of when someone mentions Easter? For us, it’s chocolate Easter eggs and goodies. Here’s a list of the prettiest Easter goodies we could find, 2016 edition: Hediard’s Œuf Pastel This wonderfully abstract Easter egg from Hediard is made with milk chocolate and embellished with pinkish petals. In honour of the …
It’s come to that time of the year where we celebrate the Lenten season of Easter. For us older kids, its a time of reflection and for the young ones, well its about all things sweet and the Easter Bunny! This year I decided to tackle the finicky and fragile macarons in the shape of …
Wow, time has certainly passed us by in a jiffy this year and in a blink of an eye, the first quarter of 2016 is nearly over. But before that happens, we’ve still got the Easter festivities to look forward to. With colourful chocolate eggs, cute rabbit-shaped desserts and egg hunts on the menu at …
Easter is a great time of the year for colourful projects with the little ones. We decided to elevate our Easter Egg game this year and created natural dye soft-centred eggs. Soft-centred eggs are my favourite way to cook eggs and they are so impressive when served, they are also ridiculously easy to make! For …
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Easter’s just around the corner! Miguel and Fitri, the bartenders at Catalunya are, judging by the photos, obviously getting with in the bunny mood.. If you happen to be throwing an Easter themed party we have not one, but two easy Easter themed cocktail recipes for you to try. Obviously not for the kids but a …
While going out for a fine meal is often seen as de rigeur for a date, there are times on a Friday night when you just want to unwind with dinner in a space that is fun, unpretentious and one that serves good food. Which is when somewhere like Dehesa, a relatively new 50-seater restaurant along North Canal Road …
I’ve always loved to cook and I often find the whole process very therapeutic. But ever since my daughter was born, I simply haven’t had a chance to get busy in the kitchen as much as I would like. So when the opportunity came up for a mummy-daughter pie making session at Pies & Coffee, …
It isn’t always easy hosting a dinner party especially when there are energetic kids running around. But with a little imagination even the simplest of ingredients can be turned into an impressive dish without too much fussing about. This chicken thigh roulade for example is a great and easy way to jazz up some really simple …
We got our hands on this festive themed Made Real Balanced Box just as the Lunar New Year feasting kicked into high gear. Packed full of mandarin flavoured snacks, this is a great healthy trove to snack on through the day at work or sharing with friends and family over dinner. There was a good …
