An ingot is a lucky symbolism that some of our food take after them in shape during Lunar New Year.

Good things come in pairs.

A great kitchen tip for under-utilized muffin pan

Wok-Fry Shrimps with Green Onions and Ginger. Succulent and scrumptious!

Six ways with shrimps and still counting. Eat shrimps and go HaHaHa! Laugh.Live. Life. Happy 2010.

Chayote – also known as Clenched Palms, Buddha’s Hands, Longevity Gourd. This must be one good of a vegetable.

Learn how to wrap these “gold ingots”. Video included.

Garlic-Herb Butter Crostini: best for Fall and Winter soups.

A quick nutritious meal to pacify a hungry (cranky) 2-year-old – Baby Spinach and Gojiberry Somen Noodles.

The wonders of Millet

Is the Savory Pumpkin Cake really a cake?

Cabbage and Carrot Indian Curry

An easy Everything-Butternut Squash Soup, topped with Baked Butternut Squash Fries. Never too early for the “pumpkin” season.

What kind of food do you freeze?

Chicken Macaroni – full of flavor and light on the tummy.

Gojiberry Chicken Soup, a natural immunity booster.

I have better luck using curry leaves (than growing them) in this Curried Potatoes and Mushrooms concoction.

Stewed Pork Belly and other home-cooked dishes by 3 Shanghai guys. They can cook! Some said, it is their lifestyle culture.

Green-Tea Flavored Roasted Pumpkin Seeds – an Asian snack that makes you go “kek kek kek”.

Look out for real spices and herbs, not artificially-flavored chemicals, in the poultry rub ingredients list.

The Sake that teaches me about Tolerance and Endurance.

Chocolates = Freedom. That is because I LOVE chocolates!