http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog Your Company Tagline Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:54:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now that I have purchased 5kg of bread flour, I really need to get rid of it by making more bread. The frugal no knead bread is definitely simple and delicious as the recipe only calls for flour, salt, yeast and water. I don’t think it can be ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=81 Making bread always seems like a difficult task. It usually calls for kneading the dough for multiple times and then you need to let the dough rest for a few times. With everyone’s busy schedule, who has time to make bread for scratch? Well, with the no ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=80 Today is the official beginning of spring. Even though it is a bit smoggy but the sunset is still very beautiful! http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=79 I have read an article in the National Post regarding the Toronto a la Cart project yesterday. It reminds me of the fond memories that I have for the street vendors back in Hong Kong. I just love the spicy curry fish balls, stinky tofu, mini pancakes, roasted ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=78 Like most customers in a Japanese restaurant, the first thing I do after I have got a seat is to rub the chopsticks together in order to get rid of the splinters. Little did I know that is actually impolite since it seems to suggest the restaurant’s utensils are ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=77 While most people refer chewy chocolate chip cookies, my family prefers the crispy kind. There are not a lot of choices for crispy chocolate chip cookies. Most gourmet bakeries tend to sell the more chewy kind. Therefore, most of the time, we just get the ones from ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=76 There are only a couple of days before the official beginning of spring (March 21). Various house plants at my home are already hinting the good news by blossoming beautifully. The red amaryllis is really lovely at the moment. How I adore the deep red coloured petals. ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=75 Maybe it’s because that I have been working on the Coraline promotion for a couple of days, for some odd reason, I really really really want to see the movie. (Oh no! I have been brainwashed!) Well, it’s animated and it’s stop motion animation which translates to ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=73 It has been while since I have written anything on the blog. With the holiday season, there were endless shopping and food preparations to do, countless gatherings to attend, and the weather wasn’t really cooperating and brought us endless amount of snow to shovel. (On the bright side, ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=72 When Halloween is over, Christmas decorations seem to begin showing up everywhere. Even the office building that I am working in put up this loopy thing that resembles a Christmas tree in an abstract way. I would rather prefer an old fashioned Christmas tree but I guess the ... http://jacquelinetong.com/nfblog/?p=71