homemade soup

Olive oil, poppy seed, & lemon chiffon cake w a cultured butter lemon curd & a Swiss meringue

Being drawn to colours that they “associate with sunrise and sunset-times of transition and daily possibility” Livien Yin's paintings have an awe-inspiring palette and such a delicate, considered finish. “I try to render the way that sunlight feels against the skin, like a caress of the subjects in the painting.” Another recognisable quality of the artists work is their repetition of imagery, specifically hands and fruit. Sometimes the hands frame the face of the subject, and the fruit lies half eaten. And, sometimes the two images come together – a model's hands lazily peel an orange, another clasps an apple, mid-bite.

Livien Yin explains that their focus on hands is a means a of referencing both manual labour that characterised the first major wave of Chinese immigration and their connection to Chinese culture and cooking; “I like to paint hands to commemorate the cultural legacies and ‘acts of care’ passed down from the generations before us.” Whereas the fruit has a more specific reference – “when ‘paper sons and daughters’ were preparing to be interrogated at Angel Island Immigration Station, they memorised the details of their new identities using something called ‘coaching notes’ which were sometimes secretly sent to them inside fruit.” And, simultaneously, when placed in the hands of women, Livien intends for it to be a metaphor for sexual agency.

-sweet and sour pork with fennel bulb and peppers

-gluten free lemon olive oil cake with maple syrup and powdered sugar

“sweet baguette, garlic spread mixed with fresh herbs (i used parsley & chives) the most beautiful lush basil, heirloom tomato, foir de latte, broccoli di ciccio blanched in salt water, spring onion and basil flower”

Teas:

Ginger Red Date Tea

Ginger Honey Tea

Red Date Chrysanthemum Tea

Turmeric Cinnamon Tea

Red Date Longan Tea

Honeysuckle Monk Fruit Chrysanthemum Tea

Lemon Job’s Tears Herbal Tea

Apple Herbal Tea

Soups (Salty):

Sweet Corn Carrot Pork Bone Soup

Lean Pork Ripe Cucumber Herbal Soup

Winter Melon Soup (Chicken)

Winter Melon Soup (Lean Pork)

Bak Kut Teh

Green Papaya Pork Ribs Soup

Corn Soup

Tomato Pork Bone Soup

Egg Drop Soup

Vegetable Soup

Soups (Sweet):

Sweet Potato Ginger Soup

Snow Fungus Pear Soup

Papaya Snow Ear Fungus Soup

Mango Pomelo Sago Soup

Red Bean Soup

Artwork has become a more popular element of kitchen decor in recent years as kitchens have become more spacious and better ventilated… a gallery of favorite prints adorns the dining area and other available wall spaces, even at the working end of the room.