Its the middle of May and its getting hotter than ever; the temperature reading in my car shows a blistering 45°C at 8:30am, and you know what, the summer has barely begun. Continue reading
A heated Mango Tango
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The boo-boo that turned out Woo-hoo!
An experimental cook in the kitchen isn’t doing everything right if all the dishes are amazing and everything turns out the way you imagine it to be or the way its supposed to be; without the mistakes and little booboo’s here and there, its never a complete experience is it? Well not for me at least… and this is the story of how my wrong (which i can’t really pin point.. I really don’t know the science behind baking but I will assume that not reading the book properly had a huge part to play) turned out into something that was forgiving to say the least; quite forgiving if I may boast, colleagues at work were trying to breathe it in. Continue reading
Ready, Get set, Risotto!
I have been meaning to work on my first Risotto for about a year now; it was one of 2 food related new years resolutions, the second being baking bread… it will come, I am going to do it before the end of 2012 for sure. I have seen, heard and read about a lot of Risotto recipes; creamy delicious, broth drenched granules of rice. I had picked up my Arborio rice about 2-3 months ago… and snip snip, the packet was finally opened. Continue reading
Bribe-in-a-Ramekin
Friday morning, blue skies, the crisp air after the midnight rain… mmmm the day was all good and I was going to keep it so. Jumped on my computer, picked my soundtrack for the day… ‘Wonderful Life’ by Loius Armstrong… absolutely love his crooning voice!
Eggstatic for Easter
April is a great month! The smell of spring in the air in Dubai… well… there isn’t much of a spring, but there are a few blossoming flowers, an entertaining and debaucherous April Fool’s day to start off with and immediately followed with an Easter Celebration and then 3 huge birthdays tucked in between (mine, my mum’s and my bestie’s 
) its going to be hard keeping track of what to celebrate when.
❀ Celebrating my mom ❀ with a Sourak
It’s terrible, I have been so busy with so many things , I believe I am getting ahead of myself and trying to fit a 28 hour day into a 24 hour day. If it isn’t midnight work hours or socializing or cooking its taking care of Sasha or endless chores or running errands to sort out the bills; at any given time there is something or the other. I truly admire the women with babies in their arms, managing a whole household, working during the day and still making sure the family sits together at the dinner table with their favorite dishes in front of them. How do you do it? Continue reading
Happy St. Patty’s
A day over; but this dessert will last you much longer for all the right reasons.
I Introduce to you the Booz-ified Vodka Lime Jelly and Bailey’s Crème Caramel Custard. Mr. Stéphane from Very Good Recipes has given me the opportunity to participate as a judge again this month for his monthly recipe challenges. The theme: Greeeeen! super simple! Get cooking and get going; you have until the end of this month to embrace the color and paint your thinking caps green. (For more info hop on over to http://verygoodrecipes.com/saint-patrick-challenge)