This is what I had in my fridge- A ripe mango 2 slightly squishy avacados A tiny handful of raspberries Cut the mango and avacados into cubes. Toss them together with the raspberries. Add a light dressing of lemon juice and olive oil. Top with sesame seeds- toasted if you wish! Enjoy the melding of …
Breakfasts are such a wonderful meal. In Victorian times, you’d partake of a repast that had the table groaning under the combined weight of a side of ham and steak and kidney pudding, salmon kedgeree, cold cuts, scones with clotted cream, syllabub and hot buttered toast. Sandwiches and seed cakes, poached eggs and poppy seed …
Of all the Disney princesses, I love the Little Mermaid the most! As, most little girls do, I guess. So when little Pavaani’s mom asked if I would make her a cake with a mermaid on top, I was super excited. Modeling the mermaid was fun but stressful. Fondant with just tylose, does not work …
The Wizard of Oz is Ananya’s favourite book! Her mom wanted to surprise her with a cake made to look like her special read. This is a chocolate cake, filled with strawberry buttercream and covered with ganache. Red fondant makes the hard cover of the book, with its inlaid cover. This was my first attempt …
Our Study Group on Women in Statecraft- In a Man’s World, came to an end last month. We had three presentations. Börte Üjin, and Kwa Geok Choo. Two strong women, wives of Genghis Khan and Mr. Lee Kwan Yew. And more importantly, companion, confidante and counsel to their man. Fittingly, our last presentation was on …
This week’s presentations were on five women. Three of whom I’d never heard of! Golda Meir, The Soong sisters Sirimao Bandaranaike It was fascinating to hear the story of Golda Meir a Ukrainian refugee whose family migrated to the US when she was a young girl. Who resisted her mother’s attempt to get her married …
By now you’ve probably realized that I am partial to oranges and lemons. Partial? I’m practically besotted! If I could spray myself with orange essence instead of L’aire du Temps, I would. Cleopatra bathing herself in ass’s milk, is overrated in my opinion. Now, if she’d tried citrusy bath salts, she’d have my approval. So …
The phone rings. I run down the steps, nearly breaking an ankle in the process, and leap at the phone to answer, assuming its one of my kids calling. There is a woman on the other end, “Hello….” Deep breathing from my end, due to all that unexpected exercise. “Hello, is this the residence of …
Yes, it’s Study Group Wednesday today. And I’ve been really lax in posting about all the remarkable women we are studying. What can I say, I’m like that only. I made this Dorie Greenspan cake, which I love, giving it a little twist at the very end! The cake is a yummy orange and olive …
I have fallen way back in writing about our Study Group presentations. Six nine presentations have been done since I last wrote. Five women of steel have had their stories told. Women who inspired poetry, women who shaped their nations; women who supported their husbands, women who took to the battlefield. Women who dealt with …