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Releasing my inner domestic goddess – discovering the joy of homemade food

Cooking at home can be time-consuming, but it is also strangely satisfying.

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One new activity taking up the writer's time these days is cooking, and she is discovering, to her delight, that she enjoys mucking about in the kitchen.

One new activity taking up the writer's time these days is cooking, and she is discovering, to her delight, that she enjoys mucking about in the kitchen.

ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO

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In my 20s and 30s, busy building a career as a journalist, I used to tell my friends quite cheerfully: “I studied hard so I don’t have to do housework.”

That sentiment didn’t endear me to friends who had given up their careers to be stay-at-home mums, managing the household.

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