Disasters :

Junk food

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Every now and then I crave something simple and not-so-good-for-you. Some people love chocolate, some love salty snacks, while I love stinky stuff. That's right. Curry, Doritos, garlic, whatever will make my breath stick is what I love.[...]

I?m back!

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I’m back. Andrew’s back. The cats are back. And we’re all pretty please about it. Even the Gerber daisies perked up for the occasion. After three months of camping out in my parents’ guest room we’re once[...]

TRIVIA CAKE

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Sadly my husband was losing a colleague last week and as usual a pot luck was arranged for his final day. James and his family had become more than a work connection we had become to think of them as friends. We will miss James, Sallie and[...]

Bake Wrecks

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Friday night I baked a disaster. I did. I take full responsibility. I have an issue with timely baking. The days start and I plan to create a most fabulous baked work of art in glorious daylight so that a) I have perfect natural light to[...]

Leaky Pipes

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Technically, our leak wasn’t as bad as this photo. Emotionally? I felt like I was the Dutch kid asked to stick his finger in the dike. One false move and lives would be lost, houses swept away and my name would forever be synonymous[...]

Eel shlemiel

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I hesitated about posting this at all, as it contravenes the first rule of my blog, which is that anything I post should taste good enough that I might want to cook it again. However, I've decided to take a more relaxed approach to the blog this[...]

Chicken Varuval

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Assalamualaikum Dear Readers, I am so excited to share this Chicken Varuval dish with you; my umidishes readers. A friend on the facebook has taught me how to cook this dish. Her name is Carolyn and she is currently residing in London. Chicken[...]

Artificially fake

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Photo: Samantha I've been enamoured lately by artificial food. Well, it's not really food. It's colours and sugar and salt and chemicals. I was always in the "make it yourself" camp. If I wanted a cookie I would whip up a batch. Have some[...]

When recipes fail

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Dull winter days. Steaming hot bowls of soup. A hunk of cheese and a slice of bread makes it a meal. Wouldn’t you just love the recipe for this delicious, nutritious, palate-pleasing cold weather solution? Well, I’m not giving[...]

Microwave mistakes

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In the immortal words of my disaster-prone husband, “ It’s okay! The fire’s out !” Only it was my turn to bellow this comforting phrase as I doused the flaming object in running water. Ever wonder what would[...]