Author: Jolene Hee

All art, the great Oscar Wilde once said, is quite useless. In a remarkable letter to a young fan, he compared art's uselessness to that of flowers: "A flower blossoms for its own joy. We gain a momen…

There's no doubt about it: gin is in. The old-fashioned tipple once dubbed 'mother's ruin' is enjoying a craft revival, with dozens of craft distillers getting into the spirit in the last five years. …

If there's one hawker dish that just isn't as good delivered, it's laksa – this luscious curry broth is best slurped piping hot and right out of the pot. The simplest solution, arguably, is to whip up…