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Work, travel and books are slowly turning me into a food snob…

“In the name of food safety, predictability and product consistency these food are routinely…inoculated with lab-tested, carefully controlled strains of microorganisms. The unique properties of local bacterial populations are thus obliterated through such seemingly benign process as pasteurisation, or crowded out with super quick-acting starter cultures. The result is bland homogenous food catering to the …

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Trapped feminist

‘India’s daughter’, a documentary worth my tears. When Jyoti, the Delhi gang rape victim, was told by her father that he didn’t have money for her medical education, she said “Papa, whatever money you’ve saved for my wedding, use that to educate me”. She was an intelligent and hardworking girl with honourable dreams; she wanted …

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My power lunch recipes in Her World magazine March 2015!

One of my many secret experiments in the kitchen involves creating six healthy lunch packs for Her World magazine. Having launched the #lunchboxmonday campaign (www.lunchboxmonday.com), this project excites me more than others. It was heaps of fun creating, cooking and finally styling the food with Her World team. I love the results! photo credit: Her …

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What amuses me…

After a quick yoga routine in the morning, I sat down with a bowl of homemade Indonesian kunyit congee (failed at first attempt) and my iPad to read some news. I found this amusing trend in NYT: Snowga. Snow + yoga = Snowga (?!) I prefer sun over snow so my first reaction was ‘no …

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