I'm sorry. I live in California. At about this time of year I find myself prefacing my cooking with this admission, when the month of February rolls around and my recipes take on the air of spring. While we lived in Europe, especially in London and Denmark, February was just another winter ...

A few weeks ago, I found myself on the phone, frantically shuttling between calls to my aunt and my grandmother, trying to jolt their memories and nail down the ingredients we needed for my Singapore family's take on chicken curry. As the calls got more confusing and the ingredient list gr...