Festive Food from Dalmatia: FRITULE

At Christmas time, upon entering my Dalmatian home, you will be greeted by a bowl of fragrant and sweet fritule. Shrug off the cold, and close the door behind you. Come in. We will exchange Christmas greetings, and have a chat over fritule, and perhaps a little brandy to warm you up. The next guest will [...]

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Christmas cake recipe!!!

Got this recipe off a friend last year. Here it is, just in time for Christmas! Enjoy!
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Christmas cake recipe!!!
 
Ingredients:
1 cup of water 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup of sugar 1 tsp salt 1 cup of brown sugar Lemon juice 4 large eggs lots of nuts 1 bottle Vodka 2 cups of [...]

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Think Spice… think Ginger: Guajarati aloo

Yes, I am Croatian, moreover Dalmatian (we don’t really eat spicy food), and I haven’t eaten anything memorably spicy until I was 16, but Indian food has got under my skin and into my heart! I simply adore it: the heat, the complexity of flavour, the variety! Now, I am totally mesmerized by spices, and especially [...]

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RCI: Cuisine of Bihar

This month’s RCI is the Cuisine of Bihar, hosted by Sangeeta of Ghar ka Khana.
“The Bihari cuisine is an amalgamation of simplicity of style and variations in colour. The style being handed down to the new generation by the older one, and the colours being provided by the seasonal vegetables and fruits. Bihar sees [...]

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Food for Thought

Cooking has many functions, and only one of them is about feeding people.
 
-  NIGELLA LAWSON  -
 
What do you think? I’m curious to know how do you feel when you cook, and what does cooking mean to you? What does eating mean to you?
I look forward to hearing/reading what you think.
 
 

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FREE RICE!

What is Free Rice
This is what they say about themselves:
FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com.
FreeRice has two goals:

Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.
Whether [...]

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Nigerian Red Kidney Bean Stew with a Peanut Sauce

I wasn’t going to post tonight, but I simply had to! I think I’m addicted to this:
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Nigerian Red Kidney Bean Stew with a Peanut Sauce – Itiakiet Stew
SOURCE: adapted from Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian
PREPARATION TIME: 5 min
COOKING TIME: 30 min
CUISINE: Nigerian
SERVES: 2 – 3 (as a main course)
 
INGREDIENTS
1 can of red kidney beans (undrained)
Groundnut oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 [...]

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halloumi

 
grilled halloumi with red chili, basil, lime juice and olive oil dressing
 

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Importance of Celebrations

It’s my birthday today. Generally, I’m not very good with birthdays, my own birthdays. I often feel a little awkward, we could could even say I am – a little shy with birthdays. Nothing to do with age – yet – since I’m only 25. There seems to be something more to it. I’ve been [...]

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Photo of the day: Cosy

 
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