No Sri Lankan Christmas is complete without nibbling on a piece of bibikkan while sipping on a glass of king coconut wine. And then another glass…followed by an... Read More...
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and also the season for fattening up without the regrets.
Nights in our tropical island are slightly chilly these days and what ... Read More...
It’s almost Christmas! That smell of Christmas is in the air and that unmistakable electricity is just buzzing past our ears.
So we thought we will share wit... Read More...
Blondies are my new obsession.
No, not THOSE blondies, the ones that you bake in the oven and eat.
Ok now that sounds even more disturbing.
Anyways, I ... Read More...
It's 4 o'clock and the smell of freshly baked bread, roast paan, kimbula banis and tea banis emanating from our neighborhood bakery would wake us gently from ou... Read More...
Now the advantage of being a new bride is that everybody wants to feed you. The advantage of being a new bride who has left her city home to join her husband in... Read More...
Marriage has changed everything. My surroundings, the people around me, the routines I’ve religiously followed, the schedules, my sleep……the list goes on. It ha... Read More...
First Avrudu out of home. It didn’t really seem like Avrudu, not without Mother’s constant kitchen hustle and bustle and the smell of oil cake cooking at odd ho... Read More...
It was one of those sweltering hot, all consuming, sweating till you faint kind of days.
Hubby boy and I had just arrived at my place for the week and as we ... Read More...
My first encounter with rhubarb was a complete and utter disaster.
Not a native plant to Sri Lanka, I discovered rhubarb when I had just started cooking. Of ... Read More...
On a day to day basis, we eat healthy. And by eating healthy I don’t mean only blanched, tasteless vegetables and boring old porridge, but food that is home coo... Read More...
To wander among the lush foliage, rejoicing in the fragrant breeze carrying the sweetness of forever blooming flowers, to pick your own produce from your own tr... Read More...
Saffron. Fragrant, vibrant, rich, irresistible. It’s got the charm and the elegance of a lady – ever so subtle yet poignant and memorable. It is expensive – in ... Read More...
‘Tis not only the season to be jolly, ‘tis the season of utter and absolute decadence as well!
Decided to go with yet another sweet treat for the Christmas t... Read More...
