慈菇南乳燜豬肉 Stewed Arrow Head with Pork in Red Fermented Bean Curd

不知道你們會不會有這樣的感覺。過年過節期間，總有一、兩款菜式或食品會特別讓你想念。那些童年或成長期間，母親常弄，以前沒怎麼在意的食物。

I don't know if you have this feeling or not; during the New Year or any festival holidays, I sometimes crave for food that I had in the past, or throughout my childhood. Food that my mum would often make, but I never fully appreciated.

酥皮蛋撻 ( 二 ) Puff Pastry Egg Tarts ( 2 )

又雪又雨中的情人節天，倍添畫意詩情
It snowed and it rained on Valentine's Day, adding poetic drama to the romantic mood

自從我去年八月做了酥皮蛋撻之後，那食譜成為我 blog 內瀏覽頁數最多的一篇。陸續也有讀者電郵或留言問及用的麵粉可否轉換、烤爐溫度或接叠方法 ... 等等。

Ever since I made the 'Puff pastry egg tarts' in August last year, it has become the most-read post on my blog.  I've since received emails and messages from readers asking me questions concerning different types of flours, oven temperature, folding methods and so on.

癸巳蛇年新春食譜 Year of the Snake New Year Celebration Food

花生椰絲芝蔴蓉煎堆 Fried Sesame Balls

多謝各位讀者、網友和朋友們一直以來對 Rice Bowl Tales 和我真誠的支持和鼓勵。在此歲末除夕之際，謹衷心恭祝大家癸巳蛇年大吉大利，四季平安，身體健康！

在這兒我把一些適合新春期間烹調的食譜結集在這裏，供大家参考。

Many thanks to all my readers and friends who have been given Rice Bowl Tales and myself their kind and sincere supports all these time.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous year of the snake 2013!

柱侯五香蓮藕糕【賀年糕點】Lotus Root Cake【Chinese New Year Celebration Cake】

很奇怪，我們全家都很愛吃糕，不論是年糕、蘿蔔糕、馬蹄糕和芋頭糕；我卻是除了過農曆年時會熱熱鬧鬧的做個痛快，讓家人吃過盡興外，年中真很少想起要蒸盤來作下午茶的。

Although as a family, we all like eating Chinese steamed cakes very much; whether it be the Brown cane sugar cake, the Turnip cake, Water chestnut cake or the Taro cake. In spite of this, I've never made them at any other time of year except in the weeks just before Chinese New year.