Tish Boyle’s Plainly Perfect Pound Cake, you will want to make this. Tender crumbed yet buttery and full flavored, it lives up to its name!

Pandan Ombre Cake with Gula Melaka Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting – a birthday cake for a good friend.

Kuih Seri Muka – a traditional Malay steamed glutinous rice and custard dessert, naturally green with pandan leaves!

Homemade Kaya – a rich and sweet coconut egg custard slathered over hot toast, topped with a slab of butter, dipped into soft boiled eggs.

Greg Malouf’s Fish Doctor’s Stew – a healthy Aegean delight with fresh fish and olive oil. Cooks in 20 minutes too!

Blueberry Pie – the classic, with an all butter, flaky crust.

Maqluba Lamb Sausage Roll – sumac spiced lamb and walnut mince wrapped in butter puff pastry.

Buttermilk Roast Chicken – an easy weeknight treat and then some.

Ayam Masak Merah (Spicy Red Chicken) – a traditional recipe of chicken in a thick, tomato gravy with an extra kick!

Bourke Street Bakery’s Ginger Brûlée Tart – if you like ginger chai, make this at home from their cookbook!

Hakka Yong Tau Foo (客家釀豆腐) – a traditional Chinese dish of tofu and vegetables stuffed with fish paste.

It’s the Lunar New Year! We celebrate with the Chinese New Year Pineapple Tart – pineapple jam encased with melt-in-your-mouth pastry.

Roast Onion Shallot Tart – a vegetarian recipe with buttery, flaky homemade rough puff pastry!

Momofuku Milk Bar’s Cornflake Chocolate Chip Cookies, you will want to make this.

Dark Chocolate Ganache Raspberry Pistachio Tartlets – start your new year with something sweet!

For Christmas Eve dinner, we had Nigella’s Aromatic Red Currant Glazed Christmas Ham with Chili Jam. It was as good as it sounds.

My mother’s classic fruit cake recipe. Life is Great wishes you a Merry, Merry Christmas!

That famous New York Times chocolate chip cookie, you may have heard of it. Now is the time to fill your Christmas cookie jars with these.