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Bonjour everyone! It’s old news but I’m back, I’m back and can’t wait to get cooking, baking, writing and blogging! There’s so much to tell about our Europe adventures but I guess you will just have to read about them in detail at www.jenthecookingtourist.blogspot.com. Yes, I know, I know, my postings didn’t go up as planned but the point is that, hey, I’m still writing. Thank you to those

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Bonjour, Buongiorno and Ola to all, The days are ticking, my heart is fluttering and very soon I shall be on my way to realizing my wildest imagination! None of these of course would have been possible without the precious support that we have received from our loyal clients whom many have become our friends and today play a big part of our lives. Thank you for being the wind beneath our wings!

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Ola Everyone, If you are a fan of oriental metaphysical science and I mean the real thing, the arrival of May 6th sees the element fire coming into play and we are entering into the season of summer. In this context the season doesn’t refer to the actual four seasons per se but rather, what this means is that there is a shift of elemental strength and we can expect changes taking place in terms

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Making 2011 a year of giving, caring and generosity towards others in action and in spirit. To our dearest family, friends, colleagues and readers, As we gratefully leave 2010 with our very own personally stories and move with all of our hope into a brand new year full of promises, I wonder how together we can make 2011 our best year yet. I believe one of the keys to marking a passage of time

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Ola Everyone, 2010 has strangely been so far my best year yet. In love and its complexity, I've learnt to accept persons as they are and most importantly myself for whom I am. In so doing, I've got to experience a peace of mind and a kind of human freedom that were critical to my personal growth. It has also led me to place full focus on what truly matters and to find myself again. (Ladies, you

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Hey Everyone! Time flies and I’m crossing my fingers, toes, and eyes, but most of all my heart, while looking at our crazy schedule with the grandest of hopes! As my heart flutters and warms with gratitude, we continue to thank God for our purposeful lives, a loving family, the best of friends, extraordinary clientele, and precious fans - all of whom we keep dear to our hearts. Our new home

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Ola Everyone! I'm happy and excited to inform you that I'll be moving into my new Homekitchen very shortly.  I cannot wait to show it to you because not only will it be much more conducive and spacious, it will also be the cover of my upcoming recipe book "Jen's Kitchen Spirit" pastel drawn by our Mia. To celebrate and make warm this kitchen, I am now officially launching my Master

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I wanted to skip this week's assignment because I had my Little Chefs class on Saturday and another Little Chefs demo class at one of our local bookstores on Sunday. 7 inches between my ears, my internal dialogue went on and on...I've already attempted Rose's Ethereal Pear Charlotte before...I should do it a second time for practice...what about your commitment...blah, blah, blah. Some of my

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I had decided to try The Lemon Poppy Seed - Sour Cream Cake as soon as I was aware of a "free choice" week.  My rationale were 1) I have yet to taste this cake 2) lemon is my son's favourite and 3) I have not known anyone or anyplace here that sells it. Since I also have an account with a restaurant for a weekly supply of cakes,  I went ahead and baked an extra one to add it on the list. What

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This week is a classic "1 step ahead but 2 steps behind" for my Heavenly Cake assignment. Yes, I had done my Ingots but my posting was way overdue. Nevertheless, no excuses...here goes... I had sent my daughter Natasha hunting our city for the ingot shape molds only to return and add the item onto our "not available" list. We have many Wilton stores, what gives? It later occured to me

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Heavenly Cake Baker is a new project I have been waiting ever so patiently  to embrace into my kitchen. I can only say that the ones who knew me then and now could understand my enthusiasm. You see, on the 27th April this year, I was blessed to find a treasure of a cake bible by this indescribable LADY whose name is Rose Levy Beranbaum. "It was as if "HE" schemed it"! I say indescribable because

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So far August has been a wonderful but extremely exhausting month for me. In HOT, SUNNY and SWEATY Malaysia, it's the fasting month but for caterers like me, it is also a time when food and hamper orders increase many many folds. So while our food hampers include the likes of containers and containers of Pineapple Tartlets, Kueh Makmur, Meringue Kisses and Chocolate Dates, I was somehow faced

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When my youngest and only son decided to throw a party for his sixteenth birthday, he came up with an interesting theme, Sour Sixteen, all for the love of sour food - specifically lemon. Since his sisters are now all adults, it has certainly been a while since we had 30 sixteen year olds in our home, we were quite excited! Turning sixteen you could say is a special occasion for us so I went

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Brownie Puddle baked with cream cheese, bittersweet chocolate and Hershey's Cocoa. Little puddles of ganache are poured into the brownie This year The Palencias as a family, so far, went out of their way in celebrating each other's birthdays. I suppose you could say much of it might be attributed by the recent relocation of one of our family member, Mia Palencia...perhaps as a reminder of how

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This Wedding Cake will forever be closest to my heart, not only because it was for two persons who are very special to me and my family but also because to begin with, it was my 1st wedding cake. In my thinking, a wedding cake is traditional and personal. If I recall my earlier memories, wedding cakes use to play a large role showcased as a centerpiece, symbolizing a couple in union. The

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Because this event took place on Mother's Day 2010, you could say that it might have been my favourite of all since Motherhood. Having said that though the week prior to the occasion was a bit much. In my ambitious state of mind (and when you have Rose Levy as a Mentor) I had committed myself to 20 limited edition pies to sell, 3 Lemon Meringue Pies for our "Sharing Our Food With The Homeless"

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Click on Easter Menu to view a larger image

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We had less than a month to prepare for our Chinese New Year hamper orders, take away Menu, Pineapple Tarts and Orange Bloosom Cookie orders since we got back from Hobart late January. Thankfully, my Pineapple Tart 1st run was perfect so no time was spent developing it and although taxing our orders were extremely encouraging compared to the year before. We didn't have our usual family reunion

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Flowers might say it all but it surely can't beat a lovely loving evening home cooked meal. This year, Jen's Homekitchen presents Valentine Made Simple for several reasons. 1) it coincides with Chinese New Year 2) extremely affordable and delicious 3) more time to set your very own somekind of wonderful 4) dress in anything?LOVE POTION A - RM168.00 - perfect for 2 peopleStart with - Cheese and

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left to right, Mia, Adam, Myself, Natasha, Neala (my granddaughter), Christian, Brabon (my other half), Vanessa Don't you agree that this a beautiful christmas card? My daughter Mia made this and I just had to show it off!

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My best friend Rosie can vouch for this one. I had packed some and sent them off to my hometown and am happy to report that the crumbs were saved and eaten with a teaspoon! Crumbly, chewy, buttery and irresistable, these gorgeous shortbread also come in little "love" goodie bags made in shapes of Christmas trees.

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These Fruitcake Macaroons brings a new edge and taste to the aged style fruitcakes. Filled with chocolate chips, pecans, hawaiian coconut, cranberry, figs, walnuts, pineapple, raisins, cherries, blackcurrants and more, they're crunchy and absolutely delicious. What's more, there'll be no cutting, slicing or fussing!Packed in clear containers and topped with pretty bows, they're perfect to bring

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At last the kind of goodie bag you've always been waiting for. Tasteful, original, delicious and AFFORDABLE, everyone can finally experience the joys of "GIVING". For all those times you've wished you could "show for", for those who have helped you in little ways that meant so much, family, friends, staff, clients, that aunt, that uncle, grandma and grandpa's best friends, the unfortunate, it's

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Sometimes the most beautiful gift is one that doesn't last. Lovingly made treats wrapped in pretty boxes, papers and bows won't last long — but that's the point. The memory is even sweeter.

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Ola everyone,I couldn't believe myself, I counted and its just 32 days to Christmas! Yes, I noted and even the stores don't seem ready? What's more we say, "where are the turkeys and goodness knows how much will it cost?" Well, I'd say we should make this OUR BEST CHRISTMAS YET, no matter the climate. Ready, chin up, cheer up and let's celebrate Christmas 2009 the old fashioned way.Jen's

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I was in Perth a couple of years ago when I heard about this famous Aussie desert called Sticky Date Pudding. Pudding? Dates? Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! I am not a fan of pudding or dates. Please someone save me, how am I going to respectfully decline. I'd say the rest is HISTORY, I couldn't wait to go home and

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There's something about this Pecan Pie that brings the best out of pecans. At first I thought it must be the pie crust or is it the gorgeous filling of melted butter and golden syrup? Eventually, I ended up eating a good piece and continued to happily wonder. It's that kind of indescribable taste that gets you hooked days and weeks after, you know what I mean? I had about 10 testers and I can

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My daughter Mia loved this cake so much when her good friend Tengku Alina served this to her after a vocal class. Tengku Alina shared this recepi with her and I got to try it out. Apart from cutting down the sugar specs, everything else remain the same. This is truly a gorgeous yummy warm cake and also lovely to have with vanilla ice-cream. I would describe it as "A taste of heaven and home"!

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I must say I was very surprised with the appeal and attention this pumpkin cupcake recruited, it's on everyone's favourite list and our best seller! Every everytime I bake this I think of my late father, Henry Brand, who loved pumpkin and didn't care how it was cooked. Unfortunately, I never got to bake this for him.Our pumpkin is not out of a can but real home steamed pumpkin baked with butter,

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Cassava Bibingka's main ingredient is good old tapioca. Tapioca or Ubi Kayu was a staple food that kept my mum, aunts and older siblings alive throughout the 2nd world war in Borneo. On its own tapioca can taste boring but when you eat it with butter and sugar, it's very very delicious, it immediately transforms into a breakfast, tea or desert. In this recepi, we bake tapioca twice, first with

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Cupcakes I understand have been around for at least a century and some research on my part pointed towards the lack of baking utensils back then so hence baking a cake in a cup took birth. I suppose those wonderful women back in time took their roles seriously in that they were clear and certain what homemade gorgeous cupcakes could do for their men, their children, their tea parties, to raise

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Gorgeous Garden Lights at RM48. You can email Jen your order.

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Seeing and meeting BOBBY CHIN LIVE had a huge impact on Mia, Tasha and I. You will never know what good looks, being funny and attractive is until you meet him in person. His charisma and comedy was so powerful, you forget where you are, you cannot look left or right and you wanted to hear anything he had to say. The men were silent and the women became quite stupid.When they held a quiz to give

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Hey Everyone,I really hope you will have a chance to to try out this recipe, it's a little expensive but it's a great healthy dish and soooo easy to put together, seriously, you can have fun on facebook, write this recipe on your blog and cook at the same time! Of course, minus the cleaning of a 2 kilo garoupa and its scales, scales, scales! Emmmm..I wonder if fish can write charts. Stuffed

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Last Sunday I decided to put into action what I meant to do for a long time. Of course it made good sense to act on it because my best friend, Rosie Chong, came over last weekend from K.K. with a bundle of amazingly fresh fish straight from a trawler! So I chose 4 white promfrets and work on remembering as much as I can of my late mum's recipe.6 red onions (shallots),4 cloves garlic, 6 large red

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I know this is long overdue but my heartfull thanks goes out to the wonderful and talented people of HER WORLD for their continous support in helping me follow and grow my dream. Thank you for opening up my world and making me look so good.God bless Azura,Wei Lee,Damian Khoo,Margaret, Soo Phye, Yen Hoon, Sakinahp.s. thank you also to my super girls, Tasha, Mia and Nessa for tying the loose ends!

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One thing I find about Malaysians is that they certainly need a lot of coaxing and probably perhaps even a motivational lecture before they would consider participating in any letter writing for a chance to grab a gift. I can vouch for that because I would be one of them. So after waiting for quite a long spell, I'm happy to say that my gorgeous Vino Rossi went to deserving Patti Winters whose

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50 odd cupcakes for the love of my life!I wasn't kidding when I said there were no left overs!Strawberry Pavlova!Classic New York CheesecakeWe celebrated Christmas early Dec simply because some of us were spending Christmas away, it was also about the time of my birthday and we were saying goodbye to some great friends of ours who we will not be seeing as often as we would like. Some choir

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Isn't it great to know that the most wonderful time is here again, yes, it's about 10 weeks to christmas. With the general climate being at a low, I've already gone into my store and dragged most of my goodies out and am now in the process of cheering up my space. I've also gone shopping for you and while my pictures may not look so great (I took them myself), the items I've picked are

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I have always thought that this shortbread kind of rolled cookies is Malaysia's famous "Kueh Makmur" and back home in Sabah (Borneo) we call it "Kueh Bom" mostly because it literally explodes in one's mouth. However, interestingly, I found out otherwise. I had happened to bring along some with me during a sound check and we were passing them around and my Indian friends happily gasp "Kueh Bom"

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Ola Everyone,I'm so excited to tell you that while I'm putting together my recepi book, I've decided to open my homekitchen for catering. Yes, when you're an ever home growing chef like me, you'll understand that I just couldn't keep myself from baking and cooking, it's my favourite hobby and I love it!I guess you can also say it's timely too, what with the cost of living hiking to a whooping 40%

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