It is a well-known fact that Aztecs worshipped the great cacao. I imagine- gold hued warriors with impossibly high cheekbones wearing almost nothing grinding elixirs of cacao and chillies, and then downing it scalding hot for courage. I picture that the finest brews, almost reaching chocolate nirvana…
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It was about 11am in the morning and we are having a great conversation about the business of food. “When we first came up with the idea of an Asian Food Channel, the idea wasn’t an obvious one- it is
now but not in 2004,” said Hian the Managing Director of AFC. He’s a bit under the weather…
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People don’t really make bread because they don’t want to knead and punch, knead and punch. It takes a lot of energy and time. By that time, your family is starving and you might as well go out and eat char kuey teow.
Another issue on bread-making is that many people do not know whether…
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Mention ‘Satay’ and those who know this dish will most likely begin to salivate. A quintessential contribution of the Malay Archipelago to the planet’s culinary repertoire, it has been claimed by just about everybody else as ‘their’ influence.
Let’s explore the origins and hidden…
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Blowing Our Minds… Fruitastic! Fruitastic! was awarded the prestigous Gourmand World Cookbook Awards prize for the categories, "Best Single Subject Cookbook" and "Best Health and Nutrition”. The book is all about treating fruits as complete meals instead of after meals, and has…
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Zak Pelaccio, celebrity chef, restaurateur and practitioner of the dark arts of fusion cuisine (I read fusion described this way in an article and thought it so apt) is stuck. He is stuck deep in a huge fish head cleaning out the cheeks and gills and all those delicious nooks and crannies where flesh…
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Malaysian Cuisine - The Low Down. It is hard to get down into the subtleties of all the cuisines in Malaysia on one article, especially if you are a guest in our country for the first time. But we can certainly try and we can give you a showcase of the wide spectrum of tastes and flavours you…
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