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Truly Teochew has traditional cuttlefish porridge in Bukit Merah Image credit: Truly Teochew FB Nothing, in my opinion, says comfort food more than a warm bowl of porridge. At Truly Teochew, you’ll find that they serve a unique rendition of it: pao-fan style cuttlefish porridge.  Image credit: Truly Teochew Formerly a home-based business, the stall was started by an ex-financial lines underwriter, Tan Ziying. After quitting her job, she started a business selling Homemade Cuttlefish Teochew Porridge, of which she uses a 50-year-old recipe by her late grandmother. Ziying’s version is slightly healthier—she replaces rock sugar with Chinese herbs and...

Liz Truss has warned the “free world is in danger” and urged the international community to stand up to China. In her first public appearance abroad standing down as prime minister, Truss will ramp up pressure on Rishi Sunak to take a tougher stance towards Beijing.  Some Tory backbenchers want the prime minister to formally designate China ass a “threat” as part of the government’s integrated review of global security. Sunak has so far stopped short of this, having only gone so far as to describe Beijing as a “systemic challenge”. Speaking in Japan on Friday at a meeting of...

[1] Almond chocolate chip cookies (photo © Baked | NYC). [2] sliced (slivered) almonds (photo © Pear’s Snacks). [3] Dark chocolate chips (photo © Bella Baker [now closed]). [4] Olive oil cake with almonds and oranges. Here’s the recipe (photo © Discover California Wine).   February 16th is National Almond Day. If you’ve been laying off the nuts because you think they’re not healthy, you need some facts: Nuts are a good protein food. Yes, they have fats, but they’re largely unsaturated, heart-healthy fats. In 2003, the FDA approved the following claim for seven different types of nuts—almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts,...

No childhood is complete without the best kids’ shows. Children’s television shows help shape and mold young kids. Children’s shows can be live-action or animated and feature educational content and storylines about adolescence using humor and silly characters. Every age group has their favorite kids’ series depending on the decade, such as the 80s and 90s. Of course, few generations compare with early 2000s kids’ shows. The early 2000s were a tumultuous time in the world with so much changing. Luckily, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and the Disney Channel continued to produce the best programs. It was a golden era for...

U.S. fighter jets fired five heat-seeking AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles to take down four aerial objects floating high over U.S. and Canadian airspace between Feb. 4 and Feb. 12, U.S. officials said. The unidentified floating octagon shot down over Lake Huron in upper Michigan required two Sidewinders, because the first one failed to detect the object, "did not fuse," and crashed "harmlessly" into Lake Huron, U.S. officials said Tuesday.   The military and Biden administration got some blowback for using $400,000 Sidewinders to take down four balloons, three of which are likely "benign" objects. But "the military's ability to respond to balloons and similar...