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Tofu Salad with Oriental Sesame Dressing

» by diva May 9th, 2008 at 5:31 pm » Comments (9)

If you’re Chinese, Korean or Japanese, you’ll definitely have had tofu as a kid in loads of stuff and told it was good for you. Or at least, that’s what I think. Tofu for me, since childhood, has been a roller-coaster journey — a very tricky bumpy love-hate relationship. It was only until I’d just […]



Chinese Baozi (or Steamed Buns)

» by diva April 7th, 2008 at 7:16 pm » Comments (7)

I’ve never made bread before in my entire life and although I feel ashamed that I have not tried or wanted to, I have hope that in time to come I’ll find something that’ll push me to learning how to make good bread. Because, in fact, I do love my bread and all sorts of […]



Chrysanthemum Tea

» by diva April 1st, 2008 at 5:41 pm » Comments (1)

Tea and coffee are staples everywhere we go. I grew up being taught to understand that the tea leaf is an amazing gift from nature - full of antioxidants and medicinal properties. Dad loves his tea, be it Chinese tea or teas made from different special flowers like jasmine, chrysanthemum, etc. He says different teas […]



Geisha Makeup and the Symbolism of Japanese Cooking

» by diva March 27th, 2008 at 11:30 am » Comments (1)

I was recently clearing out some old makeup from my cosmetic case & bag. Indeed, I had a list of new items to get and old favourites to replace so I took a train into town and blew a shameful amount of pounds on certain specific thou-shalt-not-mention products. Along that line, I’m definitely not a […]