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  The American biscuit – it’s no Parle-G

  Sep 12, 2011

  Before I visited North America, my concept of a 'biscuit' was Parle-G or Marie, which I fondly remember dipping in tea and eating in our neighbour’s fluorescent tube-lit living room in Mumbai, while watching Hindi movies on the TV. The hot tea and biscuits became even more comforting if it #American biscuit #ChopAddStir #Recipe
  

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  Don’t like broccoli? This soup will change your mind

  Aug 24, 2011

  Last week I stayed at the home of a wonderful family in Berlin who happened to have a personal chef from Germany's Black Forest region. Lunches and dinners were served at the dining table, overlooking a beautiful green lawn surrounded by very tall trees. One evening we ate grilled lamb #Brocoli Soup #ChopAddStir #recipes
  

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  When life gives you lemons, make a lemon bar

  Aug 2, 2011

  Lemon bars make a great little dessert requiring very little effort and no fancy ingredients. They are sweet, buttery, lemony, and creamy – all good things to satisfy the sweet tooth. This recipe comes from Jayanti Addleman, who makes the best lemon bars I've eaten. They were so good that I ate #ChopAddStir #Lemon Bars #recipes
  

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  Pounding the chicken cutlet

  Jul 18, 2011

  My earliest memory of eating Polish food is from eight years ago when I lived in Los Angeles. I was a student and had just seen a great film set in Poland in the late 1980’s, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s A Short Film about Love. The evening ended at a small, cozy, #AddChopStir #European cuisine #PolishChickeCutlet #recipes
  

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  Mezze mazaa in Greece

  Jul 5, 2011

  I have been to Athens twice. On my first trip, I ate several meals in the “plaka", Athens’ well-known and beautiful district with meandering cobblestone streets, romanticised for its views of the Acropolis. Restaurants in the plaka cater mostly to tourists. While the plaka is hardly the place to seek out #Aubergine and feta dip #ChopAddStir #Fried zucchini #Mezze #Recipe
  

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  Crazy about Corn Fritters

  Jun 23, 2011

  One of my first cookbooks, almost 13 years ago, was Linda McCartney on Tour, a vegetarian cookbook with recipes from all over the world. McCartney’s recipes were easy for a novice cook and years later, I’m still crazy about her corn fritters. I’ve made some adaptations to the recipe over #ChopAddStir #Food and drink #garlic sauce #Linda McCartney #recipes #spicy corn fritters
  

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  It’s raw fish but it isn’t sushi

  Jun 14, 2011

  Maybe it has something to do with growing up in a fish-loving Bengali household, but I can scarcely remember a fish preparation in India I did not like. I have my favourites: the insanely spicy curry leaves; chili and coconut oil based karimeen pollichathu I had in a toddy shop #Ceviche #ChopAddStir #fish #Recipe
  

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  A survival guide to eating out in Paris

  Jun 8, 2011

  I visited Paris for the first time in 2003 for one week. I stayed with a lovely French family. They were warm, welcoming hosts who cooked dinner every night. Each day I returned to their home from long hours of sightseeing to wonderful meals: sardines one night, vegetables another, meat #French cuisine #Paris #Restaurant #WanderingI
  

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  Biryani – Uzbek style

  May 31, 2011

  In June 2007, I visited St. Petersburg, Russia. This is a three-week period known as “white nights,” undoubtedly one of the best times to visit St. Petersburg.  The city was abuzz, restaurants were open late, and I could barely keep track of time because there was #ChopAddStir #lamb #Plov #Recipe #UzbekBiryani
  

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  Food treasures from Slovenia: Pumpkin oil and reindeer carpaccio

  May 23, 2011

  There are some countries that dominate the international European food scene; France, Italy, Spain, and Greece are the first that come to mind, and for good reason. Then there are others whose specialties have made it abroad, though they have almost become culinary stereotypes — German sausage and sauerkraut, Austrian #ArmChairGourmet #food #Risotto #Sausages #Slovenia