FROM SICILY WITH LOVE

Experimenting with flavours. Sometimes a super simple dish can have the most sophisticated combination of flavours. Spicy, citrusy and...

I love incorporating various grains in our diet - rice, barley, spelt, millet, couscous - millet being one of my favourite. It’s so...

…or in other words, South Indian mr. kodubale marries South Italian mrs. taralli and live happily ever after. Although we’ll be spending...

The making of quince jam & quince jelly - both called Cotognata by Sicilians - were a family affair back home. Me, my sister, my dad...

You'll never hear me say I like pineapple on pizza but I do LOVE Pineapple Fried Rice!!! It reminds me of life in Singapore. I used to...

When I was little, the night between November 1st and 2nd was a special one. On that night, between the day of All Saints and the day of...

I believe food is always the best cure for homesickness, and I decided to cure mine by cooking lots of traditional Sicilian dishes,...

One of my (very few) achievements this year was to make homemade miso paste - at home, from scratch. The process - consisting of mixing...

Fregula (often Italianised as fregola) is a peppercorn-shaped pasta typical of the Italian island of Sardinia. Made with semola and...

This pumpkin-shaped loaf has a stunning visual effect but the making it is really easy. I used a mix of spelt and type 1 flour but if you...

What’s your favourite takeout food? I’ll take anything that is sweet and tangy, and preferably fried. Inspired by a (westernised) version...

This stew evokes memories of late September nights and the sea. A perfect celebration of this end of summer and a welcome to the new...

Creamy, rich and with just a hint of nutmeg, this walnut sauce is one of my favourite vegan sauces. I posted a recipe for walnut sauce...

“In Bali, what you see—sekala—is a colorful world of ceremony, ritual, dance, and drama. What you don't see is occult—niskala—the...

Fancy up your typical potato side with these cassava/yuca fries! Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside with a kick of spice and a...

Raise your hand if you think Korean-Italian cuisine is a match made in heaven! I think the two cuisines complement each other and...

My first time eating Thai green curry: unforgettable. Me and my then boyfriend (now husband) had just landed in Bangkok for the first...

The basic dough for these buns is similar to that of my Sicilian buns I posted a while ago. For the first batch I drew inspiration from a...

I first discovered Japanese curry in Singapore. Curry blocks would sit prominently on supermarket shelves in a myriad of flavours,...

Growing up, I never thought too much of prickly pear (or fico d’India in Italian, or “ficupala” as we call it in Sicily). Cactuses (or is...