About Daniel&Esther

daniel & esther

Daniel works in the consumer electronics industry but hopes to one day own a cafe. Like most Hainanese men, he can whip up a storm in the kitchen and is constantly invited to other people's house parties... to cook for them.

Esther works for a major airline by day, and bakes incessantly by night. Trained as a chemical engineer, she puts that knowledge to good use - by reading package labels to see if it's good for you.

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Recipe: Milk & Honey Bread

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Most people are amazed when they hear I make my own bread. Making bread has earned itself such an intimidating reputation that few dare to try it. But it really isn’t that difficult. It just takes patience - LOTS of it. Each batch requires at least 3 hours from start to end, of which almost […]

Recipe: Corny Muffins

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

 
Daniel and I were browsing through the supermarket shelves when we spotted some cornmeal. He loves cornbread so I decided to bake some corn muffins - with a low fat twist. Obviously, my butter-loving guy wasn’t too thrilled about that, but I was determined to prove that low fat doesn’t mean tasteless. And I dare […]

Recipe: Not Very Swedish Meatballs

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Ask any Singaporean to name a Swedish dish and the likely answer would be ”Swedish meatballs”. The most successful Swedish import to Singapore after ABBA and IKEA, Swedish meatballs may not have a 4-letter acronym but are still typically Scandinavian, ie. minimalistic. Apart from meat, flour, egg, salt and pepper, little else goes into a traditional Swedish meatball […]

Recipe: Midnight Brownies

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

I confess - I have an unhealthy obssession with baking in the wee hours of the morning. Maybe it’s something programmed in a baker’s genes - “Wake up! It’s 3am. Time to bake.” My regular job operates during the more sane working hours though, so it’s only on rare occasion that I can yield to my […]

Recipe: Rainy Day Stew

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

Found a month-old chunk of shin beef lying in the freezer a couple of days ago, and in true Singaporean style, I thought, “Wah…better not waste”. So when the weekend rolled by, Daniel and I concocted this stew with the sole purpose of using up old beef! Best eaten on rainy days when all you […]