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GOING HELLENISTIC

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    When Macedonian Caranous gave his wedding banquet, early in the third century,  only 20 men attended as his guests. As soon as they had sat down, a silver bowl was given to each of them as a present. When they had drunk the[...]

Stuffed Courgettes

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"What in the world am I going to do with these courgettes?" On a whim. Yes, that's how it happened. You know how they say that you only end up buying things you don't really need when you're shopping in-store? Well, that's not entirely true -[...]

Deepavali at No. 42

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You know how much we love our festivals and special occasions, especially when they give us the excuse to have a cookout. No matter how hard we try, we always seem to go just a tiny bit overboard with the amount of food - I daresay it's really a[...]

Pameran Solo Simanja

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Malam Serai kayu Mangsa Teruja Tempat : Di persekitaran rumah Lokasi : Rahsia Masa : Petang Cuaca : Sedikit gerimis, malam , siang Pasal :[...]

Banana and Carrot Cake

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"Can I come over to use your oven?" Ju Vern spends her first crutch-less afternoon in our kitchen, determined to turn out a birthday-worthy banana-carrot cake after having hobbled her way through half of London with a backpack full of ingredients.[...]

Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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It's one of those days - it's warm, the sun is out, the iPod has managed to pick just the right songs, buses and tubes seem to be arriving at exactly the right time and you've decided to ditch your packed lunch to enjoy the all-day breakfast at your[...]

Coconut-Cornflake Cookies

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The gigantic box of cornflakes had become something of a permanent fixture for almost 5 months before we finally got around to opening it. It's somewhat bewildering, having 2kgs of cornflakes delivered to your doorstep - we'd always knew that it[...]

Of anchovies and stinkbeans

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The Malaysian abroad dreams of waking up to a nasi lemak breakfast - whether its brown paper pyramids of it or plates of it at the hawker centre, complete with piping hot fried chicken on the side. I take that back. Let's face it, the Malaysian[...]

Frosty the Gingerbread Man.

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I'm a religious reader of Serious Eats , a little bedtime reading if you could call it that and absolutely love that they have put up recipes for the Great Cookie Swap just in time for some Christmas baking. This will be the first of a few attempts[...]

Meals from February ? Part 2

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And here’s part two in February’s ‘meals’ series. This series is a compilation of the interesting things that I’ve consumed over the weeks, and meant to provide food ideas for when you really have no idea what to cook.[...]