• At home,  Baking Recipes,  Christmas & holidays,  Dearly Dreaming Dorie,  From the books,  Spoon desserts & puddings

    {Dearly Dreaming Dorie} Chocolate Pots de Creme with a spooky twist

    When I was very little, I dreamed about Halloween. I could visualise my tiny self braving those neighbourhood streets lined with scary yard decorations to get my candy fix; knocking on doors with my little trick-or-treat basket, anticipating the sort of person who would answer and the sort of trick and/or treat they would share. There would be other kids pointing to the direction of haunted houses created inside rickety shacks, where flashing lights and screaming would seep from covered windows. There would be important decisions made on what kind of face my jack-o-lantern would have, or what kind of crazy costumes my brothers and I would wear. It was a…

  • Autumn baking,  Baking Recipes,  Brownies & Bars

    Orange as autumn Sweet Potato Bars

    While the rest of the food blogging world is talking about autumn, I can only talk about my tropical country’s lack of it. And believe me when I say I know what I’m missing, because I’ve spent autumns abroad, and it’s always been perfect: the weather, the way the wind blows, the orange colouring everywhere you turn, the sound of the leaves crunching below your feet, getting to wear scarves… Autumn is my absolute favourite season of them all. Though I find that I run right back home come wintertime, because I don’t like the cold much. Hmm. I guess you can say that’s one of the perks of living…