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Tender. Nigel Slater.

posted August 09, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

We have been urged since time immemorial never to judge a book by its cover. Not so in the case of this latest offering from Nigel Slater at Fourth Estate. It is a quite beautiful book with a slip off section in the dust jacket to reveal the stylis (read full article)

The Garden

posted July 27, 2010 in A Foodie's Quest

This summer is absolutely glorious! The hot, sunny days give way to good and proper rainy days, and the garden is just flourishing!The first pumpkin is beginning to colour.The tomatoes are cropping up everywhere! It looks like I'm going to have anoth (read full article)

A Foodie's First!

posted July 24, 2010 in A Foodie's Quest

I have a CD of Raj Patel's Seattle conference to give away. It is unfortunately not the entire book Stuffed and Starved on CD, but merely a 50 minute lecture. It is, however, a very enlightening and entertaining lecture on the importance of being con (read full article)

ONG Bites – new specialist Japanese & oriental food shop

posted June 21, 2010 in Jazz&Food

So you know how one random act quite often leads onto another? Well today I went to chant with one of my buddshist leaders that I am supporting for her lecture next month. Normal journey time to Reading 30 minutes. My journey time 2 hours and 10 minu (read full article)

Prière Tarawih

posted May 14, 2010 in Recettes Maroc

Les mosquées sont plus habitées pendant le mois de Ramadan que tout autre période de l’année puisqu’en même temps après la prière du Maghreb (coucher du soleil), l’Imam de la mosquée récite à chaque soir une partie du Coran (Juz) pe (read full article)

Les pratiques durant Ramadan

posted May 14, 2010 in Recettes Maroc

La population d’une société vit selon le jeûne du mois de Ramadan. Dans plusieurs pays arabes, certains magasins ferment durant les périodes plus chaudes de la journée, mais également pour rompre le jeûne et faire la prière. On a l’imp (read full article)

Nos meilleurs voeux Ramadan 2010

posted May 14, 2010 in Recettes Maroc

Quoique le jeûne soit une pratique qui demande beaucoup au niveau du corps mais aussi au niveau mental, le musulman se doit de bien agir pendant ce mois. Les autres mois de l’année devraient servir comme exemple pour parfaire le mois de Ramadan (read full article)

Wei renmen fu wu: This week's Garden report - May 2010

This years Mayday parade was once again a huge bust. The plants just refuse to cooperate! Every year I get dressed up in my Dear Leader outfit, stand up on the edge of the deck and nothing, no parade! This year, no more mister nice-guy! Today I’m s (read full article)

Book Review: The Last Lecture

posted April 23, 2010 in Curious Notions

The Last Lecture Randy Pausch was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and was selected to deliver a lecture as part of Carnegie Mellon’s Last Lecture Serie (read full article)

I Know It's Unhealthy!

posted April 05, 2010 in Curvy Ladies

No! Don't eat that, you're big enough already.Are you really going to eat that? Really?...Really?I suggest you not order that. (said with a raised eyebrow)Are you TRYING to kill yourself? I've heard so many variations of those four statements/questio (read full article)

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