Festive Ideas

The Christmas spirit is in the air… and it smells of mint, toffee and citrusy goodness! With these fun beverage recipes, add some flavour to your festivities and end the year on a refreshing note with your loved ones.

Diwali — that special time of the year, when families feast on their favourite dishes together! This time, make the festivities memorable for your household with these unique twists on traditional festive beverages.

The most exciting part of the Lunar New Year festivities is enjoying good food with great company. Even as hygiene becomes more important, there are creative ways to celebrate the festive occasion responsibly. Here are six tips for hosting an enjoyable reunion gathering with your loved ones!

Christmas parties are all about coming together over great food, catching up with loved ones and having an absolute ball of a time! What always makes a party memorable though is the delicious spread of food. Hosting a holiday dinner? Fret not! The key to stress-free cooking lies in the planning. For that, we’ve rounded up five recipes that will get you in and out of the kitchen like a pro.

Looking to cook up a storm this Diwali? Here are 4 easy and tasty recipes to impress your guests with! Apart from being the vibrant festival of lights, Diwali is about togetherness, appreciation, and glorious food! No Diwali celebration is complete without a table filled with a wide variety of well-loved vegetarian dishes and sweets.

An opportunity to renew one's identity with Ummah (community) and learn important lessons such as patience, piety and discipline, it’s a time when followers eat only two main meals per day. Suhoor (eaten before dawn) should be moderate but enough to provide energy for the entire day while Iftar (eaten after sunset) is much more of a social event involving family and community members.

In a blink of an eye, Christmas is upon all of us again – a time to gather with family, friends and all who are near and dear. We all know that the best way to bond is always through food – a feast, to be exact. And when it comes to family gatherings, often times, no feast is as heartwarming as a homemade spread.

Deepavali, or Diwali is one of the most important holidays in the Hindu calendar. It’s a joyous occasion where families would spring clean their homes, put on new clothes.

When it comes to the Festival of Lights, our minds conjure up images of delectable delights. The joyous occasion is loved for its colourful confectionaries that are eaten during gatherings.

“Any man can be a father, but it takes a special man to be a Dad” - and once a day every year, there is a special day set aside to honor and thank that special man in our lives. While it is true that every day should be a day where we never take our dear fathers for granted, why not go the extra mile this year to make Father’s Day extra special for your Daddy?

Eid al-Fitr (also known as Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Hari Raya Puasa) is a Muslim festival celebrated worldwide. It signifies the union and joyous celebration between family and friends.

This Mother’s Day, why not show your appreciation for your wonderful Mom by planning a relaxing, stress-free, chore-free day finished off with a delicious guilt-free dessert she will definitely love?

Thinking of hosting your first Chinese New Year party this year but afraid of committing a kitchen faux pas? Or are you daunted by all that tradition and worried that you won’t measure up when it comes to the taste test?