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Fresh, or frozen?  What’s your choice?

Fresh, or frozen? What’s your choice?

Fresh produce or frozen? We make regular trips to the Farmers Market in summer. The main reason for the two and ½ an hour drive to and fro is because the vegetables have never seen the likes

What to do before, or when the lights go out

What to do before, or when the lights go out

We’re literally living in some dark times. In an incomprehensible, foggy world. So here’s a list of to-do’s to equip yourself before any kind of disaster strikes. Because of our quest for more wealth, more power, more corruption, of genetic mutation, bio-labs for bio-weaponry, of cutting down forests, dumping lakes and rivers with toxins, and polluting the earth—there’s a mighty retaliation from the Spiritual sphere.

Care to join the ‘Adopt a Plant’ Club?

Care to join the ‘Adopt a Plant’ Club?

The City of Toronto would probably earn a good amount of money if they levied a tax on a population who get rid of their perennials, either in secluded garbage areas, or on a sidewalk. Just because the plant has no voice does not mean that you dump it wherever you choose, once you have no use for it.

Can you smell the fragrance of roses online?

Can you smell the fragrance of roses online?

As a Chef and writer I can’t help but notice the idiosyncrasies of mankind, or for that matter womankind around and about—walking, talking, driving, shopping or eating. They fascinate me and they’re the reason of why I write—people themselves are storybooks in motion.

Success is just the mirror image of Failure

Success is just the mirror image of Failure

Did you know that Thomas Edison nearly failed a thousand times to find the exact filament for the electric light bulb? It is legendary that while in school his teachers told him “He was too stupid to learn anything.”

Jude’s Ice Cream – scoops of heavenly joy

Jude’s Ice Cream – scoops of heavenly joy

On a British Airways flight recently, I was pleasantly surprised by a tub of ice cream placed in front of me by a flight attendant with my name emblazoned on it! First I thought it was a marketing strategy by the airline to favor and mollycoddle

Chemistry in the kitchen

Chemistry in the kitchen

Some foods are advertised as aphrodisiacs but this is not about that. I always loved chemistry in school and lab experiments was something to get overtly excited about. Now I get to try out experiments in the kitchen. To be honest, some of them turn out brilliantly, some ok and then

Care for a cup of Papa’s Masala Chai?

Care for a cup of Papa’s Masala Chai?

When I was a school going kid, the front doors in the apartment complex that we lived in were, well never shut. Of course, come midnight, Dad would close the front door and lock it. But for the most part our porticos were open—and neighbors’

Fresh, or frozen?  What’s on your a la carte menu?

Fresh, or frozen? What’s on your a la carte menu?

We’re not talking about Ice Cream, but about fresh produce. We make regular trips to the Farmers Market. The main reason for the ½ an hour drive to and fro is because the vegetables have never seen the likes of a deep freezer