Essential Italian ingredients

Want to embrace the art of cooking Italian like an Italian? You’ll need to know what ingredients Italians use and how to use them first. Italian dishes comprise of few primary ingredients as they believe in the quality of ingredients, not quantity. The main purpose is to pair the foods together instead of throwing everything[…]

Characteristics of Italian food

What comes to mind when you think about Italian food? Pasta? Pizza? But there’s more to Italian food than that. Italy’s lush and vast fields attributes to rich-in-flavour produce like oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, olives and grapes. From there, the blending of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, creamy cheeses, sauces and fresh herbs are used to create[…]

The feel-good soup that works like magic

Feeling under the weather? Even if you’re diligent about staying healthy, no one can escape that cough or flu bug that’s going around schools or the office. Although there’s no specific food that can cure, sometimes just a comforting bowl of soup, medication and good sleep works like magic. It’s no wife’s tale that soup[…]

The Classification of Soup

The word soup comes from the French word “Soupe” which was derived from the Latin word “Suppa” (bread soaked in broth). The origin of soup dates to 6000 BC. A soup is a flavourful and nutritious liquid food that plays an important role in the menu. It can be served as an appetizer to stimulate[…]

Bridging the cultural experience with food

Laughing with your loved one over a home cooked meal, catching up with friends at a restaurant or cooking with your family. Many of our socializing revolves around food. Why is that? Because food connects everyone and it conquers all, from language barriers to cultural differences. Coming together and sharing a meal is the most[…]

The unique charm of Malaysian Food

Being home to people with various cultural backgrounds, Malaysia is one of Asia’s well-known cultural melting pots. Given its location, trade and colonial history, it has been influenced greatly by different parts of the world. Together with a very diverse population consisting of many different ethnic groups, a cuisine was developed as a mélange between[…]

Common Korean Dishes

The hardest part when you’re in Korea is having to choose what to eat and whether you can stomach all the wondrous display of food in so little time. Intensely flavoured, spicy and pungent, many described them as hearty and nutritious delights that can be enjoyed at any time of the day. Korean food is[…]