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Cooking with Coconut + Book Giveaway!

22 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Book giveaway, Braising, Breakfast, Comfort food, Cook books, Eggs, Main Course, Pan-frying, Recipes, Sri Lankan

Before I discovered coconut milk in a can, there was the coconut auntie at the wet market. One whiff of coconut and I'll be transported to the neighborhood wet market where I grew up in Singapore. Once a week, usually a Saturday, I'd accompany my mom...

A Bitter Renaissance: Collard Greens and Tofu with Coconut Sauce (Sambel Goreng Collard dan Tahu)

06 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Braising, Indonesian, Sides, Vegetable

I still crave many dishes from my childhood, like ayam goreng kunyit (turmeric fried chicken), pastel panggang (a shepherd’s pie of sorts), and roti bakso (sweet pork buns). Some, I’ve tried to recreate in my own kitchen and others, I patiently wait for. I do...

My Menu for a GREY Day (and a Recipe for ORANGE Cantaloupe with Tapioca Pearls in Coconut Milk)

14 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Comfort food, Kid-friendly, Sweets/desserts

I recently read a poem that highlighted all the foods (mostly orange-colored fruits and vegetables) the author would enjoy on a dull, grey day. In delightful rhyming verse, she lists everything from cantaloupe for breakfast to apricots for dinner and a bite of orange sherbet...