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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and Solidarity

November 16, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

This is the new national motto of France. We were all innocent until a few days ago. How long ago it seems. When the news spread of the events developing in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad, every single one of us put ourselves in the shoes of those poor terrorised people and of their families. I,… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Musings on life in general Tagged With: caprese salad, paris, tart tatin, tarte tatin, terrorism, terrorist attacks, tomato tart tatin

When is it Smarter to pause?

January 13, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Sometimes you need to take a pause to reflect on everything going on. This is one of those weeks with all the saddening events which have occurred and so many questions in mind. In times like these I like to regroup and think how to rebalance the sadness; to contemplate… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Musings on life in general Tagged With: bread and butter pudding, budino di panettone, panettone, panettone bread and pudding, recipe

Food for thought: How to make more hours in the day

May 28, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Do you feel like you are always on the back foot, trying to catch up with life? Are you letting things slip, like forgetting to pay a bill, buy a key ingredient for dinner or give your son the materials he needs for his school project?  Do you feel like your family is never eating… 

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Filed Under: Children, Family, Musings on life in general, Parenting, Wine Tagged With: household management, time management

Ten years ago today, I made a mistake

April 7, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Exactly ten years ago today, my grandfather passed away. I was working on an important banking deal at the time and was on a business trip in Europe when my father rang to say I may want to consider coming back. He said that there was no immediate need to rush back so I booked… 

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Filed Under: Children, Family, Lifestyle, Musings on life in general, Parenting Tagged With: career, career life balance, children, family, kids, meals, values

Show me a proud farmer

October 27, 2013 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

When I finished my undergraduate degree in economics with honours my father beamed with pride. When I announced a few months later I wanted to cook in a restaurant and go to cooking school, to say he was crestfallen would be an understatement. While Asian parents can sympathise with him, Westerners do not automatically understand… 

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Filed Under: Food, Musings on life in general, Sports Tagged With: chef, farmer, food industry, helianti hilman, javara

AsiO Gusto – the first international Slow Food festival in Asia

October 15, 2013 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

AsiO Gusto   I had the good fortune to attend AsiO Gusto, Asia’s first Slow Food conference, in Korea. Being the first conference, I had relatively low expectations but wanted to see how food professionals in the 40 participating countries in Asia and Oceania viewed their role in relation to the Slow Food movement. What… 

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Filed Under: Children, Family, Food, Lifestyle, Musings on life in general Tagged With: asia, asio gusto, korea, slow food, sustainability

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