All Posts Tagged With: "Adam Gaffey"

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One minute Mayonnaise

  One minute Mayonnaise Herd of the book One Minute Manager? Well, what you are looking now is One Minute Mayonnaise. This 1-min mayonnaise is not the time you took to take the jar of mayo from the supermarket shelf. It is the time taken to make it, yes, making it. Have you ever tried [...]

5Nov2009 | adamgaffey | 6 comments | Continued
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Afghans

 I don’t mean to be political here; I am merely referring to the cookies. Do enlighten me if you know why they call this cookie with such a name; but one thing for sure, this simple and easy-to-bake delectable is very popular in New Zealand. Or so I have been told. I adopted this recipe [...]

30Oct2009 | adamgaffey | 4 comments | Continued
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Deepavali Eternal Delight

Deepavali Delight This time of the year which it’s an Indian celebration, As the name of this festival suggests ‘Deepavali’, the meaning of this festival lies in its name only; The festival of lights and the victory of good over evil. Celebration equals to tempting food! Most friends I visited have coaxed me to indulge [...]

20Oct2009 | adamgaffey | 3 comments | Continued
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marmalade

No scone would be complete without this condiment. I have seen a few posts about grape jam making from the Emmagem reader, Ann. Grape jam sounds lovely and I can’t say that I have tried it myself. Perhaps Ann would share with us soon?  As you know, self-made grape jam is a fruit preserve. Preserve [...]

8Oct2009 | adamgaffey | 3 comments | Continued
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old fashion english scones

Who would think that it is an art in making scones right? Scone, made from only a handful of different ingredients can be challenging and complicated to do. I have been making scone for the best part or 18 years, started out in my home town then progressed from there. Scone has always been one [...]

24Sep2009 | adamgaffey | 12 comments | Continued
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Tabbouleh salad

What is Tabbouleh salad? This is a signature Arab salad that is served on tables all around the world.  Although there are many variations in the making tabbouleh also many different ways to spell tabouleh too, the one I have chosen to share with the readers is the Lebanese style. This recipe was demonstrated to [...]

27Aug2009 | adamgaffey | 3 comments | Continued
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Cheese Cake-Cheap Skate

We all know that tasty (and sinful) food is always loaded with  calories. Cheese cake shares the same philosophy too. I think cheese cake is a popular cake much preferred by the ladies. Yes, absolutely scrumptious but you may be start calculating how many laps you have to run to shake off the calories before [...]

20Aug2009 | adamgaffey | 9 comments | Continued
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Curry Up

The weather in Malaysia is scorching hot lately. We had a smoothie recipe last week, which I think is the champion to beat those hot afternoons. This week, I will go a little bit more extreme. Why don’t we get fired up with a curry? I have not posted any local cuisine on emmagem.com so [...]

7Aug2009 | adamgaffey | 1 comment | Continued
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The best-est Chocolate Brownies

For those with sweet tooth, this is a “can’t-mess-up” brownie recipe for your collection. Why do I say that it is a failure-proof version of brownie? I love brownies. Over the years, I have been collecting a few of these brownies recipes myself and the one that I am sharing with you here is a [...]

9Jul2009 | adamgaffey | 11 comments | Continued
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A Corny Story

Remember in the previous week I have bought some corn from Cameron Highland, which I promised to share a recipe with you? In this post, I will show you how I transformed fresh corn on a cob from my fridge to become a fulfilling appetizer for the dining table. I hope the soup does not [...]

18Jun2009 | adamgaffey | 2 comments | Continued
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Panna Cotta

They say the month of April till August is a good time to go on vacation to Malaysian islands as the weather is usually dry, sunny and more predictable for travelling.But not forgetting, scorching hot too. For this reason, I went to the Cameron Highlands on Wesak Day to enjoy the cool weather there. It [...]

21May2009 | adamgaffey | 12 comments | Continued
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Pasta 1O1

When I was in 7th grade, I started helping my mother with simple chores in the kitchen. Despite being a full-time staff in a hospital and working in different shift, she always provided home cooked meals for us. One of the staples served on our dining table would definitely be pasta. I would watch in [...]

13May2009 | adamgaffey | 2 comments | Continued
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My First Cake….

Well, what can I say, lo and behold my masterpiece… Exciting or what… as you know, I had to make some minor adjustments, being a novice at baking, I kept missing out on things… took me two trips to get “everything ” together and yet….  Of course,  I also bought the wrong loaf pan which [...]

11May2009 | yetmee | 0 comments | Continued
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Going Bananas

Banana, a yellow tropical fruit that I think is a signature in Malaysians’ savoury and sweet. How inseparable banana is from the local’s food? Well, morning is nasi lemak wrapped in banana leaves, banana flowers can be seen on your lunch plate with pengat pisang in your desert bowl; high tea with pisang-goreng (or goreng-pisang?) [...]

7May2009 | adamgaffey | 14 comments | Continued