We all know the drill. Setting your oven to 290C or greater will give your pizza that nice blistered crust. A pizza stone is porous and has a high Specific Heat Capacity, and so baking pizzas on one gives the crust a bit more of a crisp. A cast-iron pan is a viable alternative, and also frames the pizza for an oh-so-instagramable photo. If you have an oven capable of reaching 290C, or have high maintenance cast-iron pans or dedicated...

This recipe was born from a well-meaning passionfruit jam recipe coupled with my complete inability to follow the steps. But enough about that. It’s not technically caramels. To be honest, I’m not sure what to classify it as. What it is, is that it is pliable. It’s like the olden-day malt candy Singapore used to sell by the roadside, where one can  twirl the candy around a stick or a spoon. This has a most intoxicating floral fragrance,...

Near my workplace, Milksha opened to great fanfare, but I could say for certain that one was as excited as I was. Their Taro Milk earned its place in my heart, with its combination of taro purée and chunky taro pieces.  Recently, a friend had recommended their excellent Black Sesame Milk. Not everybody is a fan of black sesame, but I enjoy its nutty fragrance. Several months later, as my confidence with the Joyoung machine grew, I had an...