CELEBRATIONS
Make and gift a festive simmer pot
Have you ever thought about how powerful the olfactory memory is? Many times, different smells take me back to a particular moment in time -- often a childhood memory. Spices have always been around our house. African food needs quite a bit of it! The smell of delicately balanced ginger and cloves will always remind ...
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CHRISTMAS RECIPES
Spiced Kinderglühwein punch, a wintry German tradition
Every year from late November to early January, Germans enjoy having some warm Glühwein! It's such a festive drink, and there would be no holiday season without it. So, since moving to Germany, we have joined in the tradition, and love making our own Glühwein at home during the colder months. It is a little ...
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CHRISTMAS RECIPES
The best Swedish gingerbread recipe and a handy shortcut!
Gingerbread baking is an activity we all truly look forward to in our house. Every family needs a good gingerbread recipe, and if you ask me, this is the very best. Passed down along generations of Swedish grandmothers to mothers to daughters and granddaughters, until it finally ended up with my friend, who shared it ...
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RECIPES
Roasted Cauliflower and Cumin Soup -- topped with Za'atar
Since the beginning of the year I have been on a bit of a health kick! Nothing too drastic though... I just wanted to see how different I would feel if I held back on bread, cheese and wine for a while. Hilariously enough, at first it mostly made my grumpy, but in the last ...
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