Happy Birthday in advance to the love of my life, my favourite person, the most fun guy ever, my Poppy... In other words... Simply the b...
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Few things can bring as much joy and warmth as a friend dropping in with a dabba of home-cooked food, especially when it’s lovingly packed ...
I made a Goan prawn curry today and added raw mangoes to make it extra tangy. I've always loved raw mangoes in fish and prawn currie...
Ask any self-respecting Goan, worth his or her weight in coconut, what would they like as their last meal and this is the answer you will ...
The sun finally came out, and in more ways than one! I had the nicest weekend in a long time. It started with a series of phone calls on Sat...
I have a bread pudding, baking inside the oven, as I type now. A dozen slices of white bread, broken into tiny bits, now lie in my old, gla...
When you're away from the blog too long, the general opinion is that you must have a lot happening in your life. But sometimes, it's...
The smell of woodfires burning, sending up black soot to paint the walls. Huge pots bubbling atop the brick and cement stoves; boiled red ri...
Sunday afternoon. I'm going to spend it cooking and eating some delicious seafood, all aided by some very chilled beer and the kickass v...
Reunion Week turned into Reunion Month! I actually wasn't going to write more about it since I've had enough (in a nice way of cours...
Imagine entering a restaurant at lunch time and leaving during dinner, and not as an employee but as a diner! Well I did that the other da...
*With apologies to Alexander McCall Smith. Image courtesy www.thibeaultstable.com I celebrated Mother's Day yesterday. With someone wh...
I guess it's time for a baking school update. I just completed 4 weeks. Week 3 was a little disappointing; we had one holiday (Republic ...
Monday, January 18 Chutney Rolls They're actually garlic rolls but the Indianised version. They gave us the eye-watering, arse-burning g...
Coffee walnut choco chip loaf. Made two of these today for a couple of friends who ordered them for their friends. I can't believe peopl...
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Wednesday, January 13 Tiny vanilla cup cakes using the basic sponge cake recipe. Most of us can make this in our sleep, right? Wrong! We had...
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So this is the best school that I've ever gone to. I get to play with sharp objects, wear cool caps and munch in class. I can actually u...
This is Chocolate Cake. But you already know that, don't you? It's not just any chocolate cake. It's THE cake. The one I'll ...
Today is my oldest friend's birthday. We've known each other since I was 4 and she was 5. We spent it together after ages and it was...
Breakfast: Whole-wheat banana pancakes with cinnamon and honey, freshly brewed coffee and papaya , had at 9.45 am today. Slightly cold, than...
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