“Life is full of questions, cupcakes are the answers.” – Anonymous Bolu Kukus is Indonesia’s traditional dessert which is basically similar to cupcake, except the process of making it is by steaming instead of baking. During the Holidays while growing up in Bali, I saw Bolu Kukus everywhere. It…

“Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!” – Helen Keller My only reason to make this cake, was because I’m not a big fan of banana bread. I tried to make banana bread and I tried to like it, but it just wasn’t for me…

“The art of bread making can become a consuming hobby, and no matter how often and how many kinds of bread one has made, there always seems to be something new to learn.” – Julia Child When typing the word Bao online, you will come up with a…

“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.” — Richard Wright This was my very first bread that I made in the US way before I took my Bread Camp class, and it’s a moment that welcomed…

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” –Mahatma Gandhi When I read Challah at Wikipedia, it means a special bread in Jewish cuisine. It’s usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions…

“Time is money, money is power, power is pizza, pizza is knowledge.” – April Ludgate, Parks and Recreation Ok, I call this The Quarantine Pizza just because this pizza was made during the COVID19 quarantine. Yes, you are right, I was unemployed, a lot of time on my…

“Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnuts, the pessimist the hole.” – Oscar Wilde Why we have to talk about doughnuts? Why not? One of my happy memories when I was growing up in Bali was when I was eating…

“Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.” – Jane Austen. In the 19th century, apple pie became the symbol of American prosperity and national pride. My love for apple pie started since the first time I tasted it when I just arrived at this…

“Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.” – Henry David Thoreau. Mary Ann, my co-worker, gave me a giant zucchini from her son’s garden, since she knows that I love to bake. You can see…

“Where there’s tea there’s hope”.  – Arthur Wing Pinero. Matcha is actually a powdered green tea leaves originated from China in the 7th Century. Among the many benefits of matcha, it is an antioxidant for your body. The weather temperature have been in the…