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A Life (Time) of Cooking
My goodness, I woke up this morning and it was Spring. Quite suddenly. Yes, it is lighter in the evening now. And the kookaburras have just this past week been vocal again. There are more birds singing me awake at 5:30am - delicious sound even though I snuggle under the blankets unwilling to face the [...]
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A Life (Time) of Cooking
When I first read about Lotus Seeds some time ago I was intrigued. Lotus are sacred to many cultures (see some beautiful photos here). So using the seeds as food certainly was very interesting.
Some time later I came across the seeds in the local Indian Grocery Shop, and they sat on my kitchen bench for [...]
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A Life (Time) of Cooking
There are so many recipes for rice, especially rice flavoured with other ingredients. Carrot Rice. Lemon Rice. Curd Rice. Tamarind Rice. Sesame Rice. Coconut Rice. Green Mango Rice. I see them, and I drool over them and I never actually get to cook them. It is a sad thing, really, as I love rice.
The other [...]
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A Life (Time) of Cooking
I have been so tired recently it is easier to blog surf than to cook and blog about it. I have so many stored up to share with you - until things settle down here and I get some time to cook, photograph, read and sleep again :-).
Icy.
It is cold here - hail storms this [...]
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Its a funny thing. We are obsessed these days with beautiful food. Hence all of the food porn sites. Our blogging with photographs. Haute Cuisine. We eat with our eyes before we eat with our tastebuds.
This recipe will not make Tastespotting or Food Gawker. More is the pity, as it is a Most Delicious dish. [...]
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A Life (Time) of Cooking
The weather is quite brisk now, cold on the face while hands are warm in gloves. Long walks, hot drinks, umbrellas, hats, scarves, wet grass, foggy breath, parrots, movies and baking. Winter is delicious.
Eating Indian
My post about eating from banana leaves in India remains one of my most popular posts. Aayi’s Recipes has a wonderful [...]
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A Life (Time) of Cooking
I had a hard time finding pomegranates that were as tasty as those I ate in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India earlier this year. There, they are so flavoursome, sweet, served by the bowlful for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Here, early in the season, I found only wild pomegranates in the shop. Small, tart, [...]
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A Life (Time) of Cooking
So little No time to cook. So much less time to blog. Sigh. Oh well, there are still many links saved to share with you. I can at least think about food and cooking.
Spicy
Chai. Oh my. What a wonderful drink. Join For the Cook in Me as she stirs up her favourite masala chai.
Or [...]
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A Life (Time) of Cooking
It is Sunday night here. It is a beautiful time. All is completed for the week and the new week has not yet started. The lamps are on, the Indian oil lamps are lit. Soup is bubbling slowly on the stove. There is a feeling of satisfaction, of contentment, of achievement and completion.
The air is [...]
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A Life (Time) of Cooking
Come with me today and explore some fantastic work in numerous kitchens. It has been a bit busy here lately so I have not had a lot of time in the kitchen myself. It may be another week or so before I am back into the swing of things, but hopefully there will be a [...]
