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Holiday Shortbread Cookies … sugar & spice and everything nice!
Holiday Shortbread Cookies ... Sugar and spice AND everything nice, these are the most addictive cookies ever. Light, buttery, delicately spiced, the cut out holiday shortbread cookies are quick to make and perfect…
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If there is travel, there HAS to be food. Sabah Malaysia that won our heart!
This turned out to be one of the most fun trips ever. One that left the whole lot of us with lifetime memories, so much laughter that we split our sides, new experiences,…
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Charming St. Gallen with Switzerland Tourism {PART 2}
Have you heard of St Gallen? It's a city in northeastern Switzerland, tucked away south of Lake Constance. It's quite off the beaten path; one visit to the city and you are absolutely…
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Switzerland Tourism Influencer Summit, Davos. #inLOVEwithSWITZERLAND … again. {Part 1}
From the mighty Swiss Alps to rolling green meadows, countrysides that echo cow bells, the odd moos, Switzerland has so much to be discovered, it would take a lifetime. Perhaps more. Yes, I…
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Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta … simple pleasures of life
Delicious, divine, sinful and silky, if you love a good panna cotta and chocolate is your flavour, then dive right in! This Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta might just be the dessert you are…
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Thandai Indian Rice Kheer … Holi time of the year
Flavoured delicately, this indulgent Thandai Indian Rice Kheer hits all the right notes. Sweetened gently with jaggery, the flavours of almond, cardamom and saffron just shine. The texture of broken simmered rice is…
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Mango Smoothie Bowl … breakfast stories on the go #Foodventures #breakfastforchampions
Colourful beginnings! This Mango Smoothie Bowl was fun to make,very in season,a mélange of flavours and textures.For me,an edible pot potpourri.
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The Masala Dabba #4 & Chettinad Chicken Curry. Chilies, as hot as hot can be!
“Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack of our existence and shake it inside out. Day of suicide, day of…
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C is for Chettinad, Chidambaram Vilas & Chettinadu Cuisine. Off the beaten track -Karaikudi, South India
Karaikudi, South India. We managed much more than we could ever imagine. 2 days can never be enough for a place as beautifully, and as historically and culturally rich like this. There's so…
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Masala Dabba #3. As we journey on, colours pop for Spring and Holi
The spices we cover for The Masala Dabba #3 are cardamom, whole pepper and turmeric. I think I love the spice journey best. We enter month #3 of our collaborative spice journey with…
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O Banaras, the holy city
Our iconic trip to Banaras was memorable, action packed and absolute fun all the way {warning long post}. I was going to do a smallish post, but a load of folk on FB…
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Masala Dabba #2, spicing up desserts with the spice box
It's strange how often we connect spices to savoury foods, often in India spice is synonymous with a curry! Delightfully enough, as we blog on, reading more, breaking new ground and exploring our…
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Lakshman Sagar, Rajasthan. ‘Where all you do is ‘nothing’!!
Nothing quite prepares you for the luxury and peace of Lakshman Sagar. Nothing at all. It caught me by surprise, a place I have been putting off visiting for over a year. Now…
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Swiss Made Grand Tour… 7 day road trip {II}
Swiss Made Grand Tour. 7 days. Road trip. Driving through the Swiss country. Hired cars. 6 cities, maybe more, hosted by Switzerland Tourism, organised by NDTV Good Times. Like a dream which kept…
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Swiss Made Grand Tour … 7 day road trip {I}
Swiss Made Grand Tour. 7 days. Road trip. Driving through the Swiss country. Hired cars. 6 cities, maybe more, hosted by Switzerland Tourism, organised by NDTV Good Times. Like a dream which kept…
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Ptasie_mleczko Cake or Birds Milk Cake … moist and delicious dessert cake
Ptasie_mleczko or Birds Milk Cake finds it's roots possibly in the Old Soviet Union. A preparation for the light as air filling quite as intriguing as the name 'birds milk', it's a moist…
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Pune on my mind … another trip down memory lane
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” Anita Desai The sweet Cookaroo stopped by the other day to meet Coco, our little cocker spaniel. She carried some Misal Pav with her.…
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Nolen Gur Rice Kheer & traditional delicacies in Kolkata #Indiancuisine #fooddiary
A simple yet characteristic version of the Indian rice pudding, Noleun Gur Rice Kheer, has lilting, endearing flavour. Characteristic of a special Bengali delicacy, it is sweetened by a jaggery which is available…
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Jaipur… a trip down memory lane
Jaipur is a beautiful city with the awe inspiring architecture, so well looked after too. Heritage around every corner, it is really well planned. The Pink City as Jaipur is also called, is…
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Jaipur Marriott … memories of a lifetime
Jaipur MarriottIt was a weekend to remember, a road-trip to Jaipur that took us for a most beautiful and memorable time well spent. It was an experience that brought whole new meaning to…
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Strawberry Quark Ice Cream
Celebrate summer with the 'bursting with flavour' and the goodness of strawberries low fat Strawberry Quark Ice Cream. It will leave you asking for more!
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Eggless Almond Honey Wholegrain Cookies … #comfortfood
Eggless Almond Honey Wholegrain Cookies offer deep delicious butterscotch flavour thanks to the brown sugar and butter. Almond meal adds interesting taste, and chocolate chips are thrown in to make another quintessential chocolate…
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Visit to the Four Seasons Winery, Baramati, Pune, India
Four Seasons flew a group of food bloggers down to Pune to experience their winery in Baramati, Western India. With the weather beginning to get warm, the winery was at the height of…
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GOA – everyone must have a plan to visit Goa!
It’s a city of pubs, bars, sea, sand, sea-food, beaches, tattoos, more beaches, barges, beer, two wheelers, cashew nuts, coconuts, ceramic tiles, churches, tiled roofs, wonderful warm folk … and COLOUR!
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