Filipino coconut macaroons are some of the easiest dessert/snack that you can bake. It’s basically foolproof, doesn’t take a long time to bake, and you’d get a lot of macaroons in just 1 batch.

These are the books that I added to my library in October 2023. I bought all of these off Amazon, some for the challenges that I’m participating in, and the …

This month’s theme for British Crime Classics is All Hallows’ Eve/Spooky Mysteries—perfectly timed for Halloween, right? This book is just right up the alley.

Craving Tim Ho Wan’s steamed chicken? I was too—until I made my own version! This Steamed Chicken with Jujubes and Cordyceps Flowers is flavorful, hearty, and easy to recreate at home.

The Red House Mystery is a lost gem from a time before Tigger and a perfectly crafted whodunit with witty dialogue, deft plotting and a most curious cast of characters.

September is almost over and I’ve only gotten round to editing and compiling the roses that bloomed in August. Better late than never, I guess.  

In celebration of Agatha Christie’s birthday and this month’s BCCC theme (and my entry for the BCCC Bingo), I’ll be going through my top 5 novels featuring one of my favorite detectives of all time – Hercule Poirot. Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christie’s most famous detectives. The Belgian detective was introduced to the world in 1920 and has since appeared in 33 novels, 51 short stories, and 2 plays.

This month’s book that I’m reading for the #readchristie2023 challenge is Easy To Kill, also known by its original British title, Murder is Easy. In this post, I’ll be listing some of the tropes/plot devices that Christie uses in this book