Author Archives: cllism

Italian Paglia e Fieno (Straw & Hay Pasta)

It’s been a really rainy week. There were so many flash floods in the past week and the weather has been icy cold too. But this signals that Christmas is coming soon. So everything is going to be fine. I … Read more

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Simple To Make Club Sandwiches

The boy is having his year-end holidays, again. This marks the end of his lower primary days, and he will be going on to the upper primary levels from next year onwards. Time really flies. He can sleep by himself … Read more

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Italian Spinach & Risotto Soup That Is Easy On The Stomach

It is coming to the end of the year. I am already looking forward to setting up the Christmas tree soon. Maybe, I should do it sometime next week.

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Oyakodon – Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl

The oyakodon is a type of Japanese rice bowl (donburi) which has both the parent and the child (chicken and egg) together in the same dish (hence the term ‘parent-and-child donburi’). It is basically a rice bowl that is topped … Read more

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Baking Strawberry ‘Financiers’ With Love

A financier has French origin, a cake baked with ground almond, eggs and icing sugar and that takes the shape of a rectangular gold bar. I love how this cake comes with fruit toppings, because it makes them really palatable, … Read more

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