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Jan
5
Hall of Mosses
January 5, 2009 | 18 Comments
The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.
- Susan Sontag
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When everything’s covered in two feet of snow and your butt is freezing, it’s time for some green therapy.
Mosses
These pics are from one of our favourite places - Olympic National Park on the Pacific Coast in Washington state.
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Dec
31
A New Year …
December 31, 2008 | 43 Comments
May you succeed in all your endeavours. And may all your troubles last no longer than your New Year’s resolutions.
- Bee and Jai
Dec
28
CLICK: January 2009. (Red)
December 28, 2008 | 45 Comments
CLICK is a monthly food photography event. It is a theme-based contest. You do not need a blog to participate. Each month, entries will be invited based on a culinary ingredient or concept. More about it HERE.
Previous editions of CLICK HERE.
“On a traffic light green means go and yellow means yield, but on a banana it’s just the opposite. Green means hold on, yellow means go ahead, and red means where the hell did you get that banana at…” ~ Mitch Hedberg
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Dec
22
Marzipan Truffles
December 22, 2008 | 35 Comments
Every December I usually make dark chocolate espresso truffles to distribute to friends and family.
The first year I made truffles, I just dipped the ganache in melted chocolate. Delicious, but for the glossy exterior the chocolate needs to be tempered. It’s a pain in the butt, but totally worth it.
This year, I wasn’t planning to, but Shankari sent me a huge amount of dark and bittersweet Belgian chocolate. I considered the possibility of melting it down to make enough glossy paint for two good-sized rooms. My fav room in the house is chocolate brown and I’ve often wondered what it would be like if it was real dark chocolate you could lick off the walls. Next year, maybe.
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Dec
18
Fansi Dhokli (French beans with spiced dumplings)
December 18, 2008 | 29 Comments
Since everyone’s talking about cakes and cookies, I thought of sparking up the festivities with some weird veggies - specifically French/green beans. There are three veggies I don’t like - radishes, cabbage and green beans. The first two because of the odour, green beans because they taste sort of like grass and don’t absorb flavours very well.
My mom didn’t hate green beans, but she didn’t like them enough to want to spend 15 minutes stringing them. So I don’t recall her ever cooking them. Thank goodness. I think everyone else in my extended family and neighbourhood where I grew up (Mumbai) read this quote and followed it.
“Green Beans, or string beans as they are usually called, must be done [boiled] till very tender — it takes nearly an hour and a half.” ~ Sarah Josepha Hale, ‘The Good Housekeeper’ (1839)
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Dec
15
Persimmons, Lavender Oil and Memories of Briana
December 15, 2008 | 28 Comments
Briana’s 32nd birthday would have been tomorrow. Yesterday, her family and friends organised a Memorial Celebration to commemorate her life.
Shankari has posted pics HERE.
Anita @ Married with Dinner has posted her slideshow at Flickr.
When I think of Bri, I think of the spirited, happy person in this pic. It was taken in July - three months before she passed away.