* My kitchen became my happy place — my laboratory for experiments and adventures
* It’s amazing the connection we have to the food we grew up with and how it cradles us in its warm embrace in our time of need
As we leave a rather difficult year behind and step into a new one, I’m reminded of a quote from one of my favourite Disney Pixar movies Up: “Adventure is out there”. Whenever there is chaos outside, I can always seek excitement and adventure within the walls of my kitchen
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A few years ago, we started a New Year’s Eve tradition. About a week leading up to it, we use a chalk marker to write or draw on our balcony glass window the things we were grateful for in the passing year and our hopes and aspirations for the coming one. We let the marker dry and the thoughts linger as we welcome a new year. We reminisce on what a wonderful adventure the previous year has been.
So where did our adventures take us in a pandemic year, you ask?
While the aircraft were safely tucked…