Passionfruit Curd

Some people (like my husband) love the tang/sour of the black passionfruit as is. The majority (read “me”) love to drink it as juice. So coming from this background, I had never tried passionfruit curd before. What is passionfruit curd? Basically the first time I tasted curd, it was lemon and not passionfruit, but curd…

10 Tips for a Fluffy Sponge Cake

This cake goes by many names. Yellow cake. Basic cake. Butter cake. Sponge cake. Vanilla cake. Victorian sponge. And the list could go on. By whichever name you know it, in this post I share tips that result in a light, delicate flavourful cake. Typically the first cake most Kenyan girls learn to bake is…

Thailand

Thailand was …. new flavours and new ways with food. Thailand was one kilogram of prawns cooked 3 different ways in 20 minutes, it was delicious soups and pad thai and som tam. Bangkok was chicken cooked in barrels, fried crispy eggs with complete meals, an unbelievable variety of street food.  Bangkok was the Art…