Edited version of a story first published Dec. 15, 2009: This old-fashioned charmer is from Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters by Marilynn Brass & Sheila Brass (Black Dog & Leventhal, $29.95).

Baking is all about mixing measured ingredients and waiting for the oven to do its magic. If you find baking to be therapeutic, you must get your hands on a steam oven to bake the softest treats ever.

Do you know that the traditional carrot cake originated from a Chinese Teochew dish called Char Kueh (fried rice cake) and was later brought over to Singapore by early Teochew immigrants in the 1950s?

As Chinese wisdom goes, making - and eating - these little quick-rise cakes will help jump start your year and your wealth. 1. To prepare batter, combine yeast, sugar and water in a mixing bowl. Stir ...

The simplest way to transform a ho-hum sweet into something that jumps out at customers is to make it look like a different foodstuff altogether. I've lost count of how many bland creampuff-like ...

Make sure you have a wok and lid big enough to accommodate a 22 to 23 centimetre round cake tin. Place a cooling rack in the wok to sit the baking tin on. Fill with enough water so there's about two ...

Every afternoon, it is common to see Hanoians wandering into small alleys in search of snacks. The small eatery is located deep inside an alley, where customers can sit inside or outside the house.