Most of us expats are veterans at leaving things behind. Amidst the containers of stuff stored, sold, or given away, there is always one or more thing we manage to hoard. I think every one of us has a little kitchen treasure we salvaged from the “big move” to a far away land. Mine was […]
Month: March 2014
Dubai’s Little Piece of Flower Heaven
Well, I finally made it to Miracle Garden last week and boy was I blown away! If there is a Garden of Eden on earth, I think this may be it. An absolute horticultural marvel! With more than 70,000 sq. feet and 45 million blooming colorful flowers, I did not even know where to start. […]
Banana Bread with a Middle Eastern Twist that will Make You Go Bananas!
So if you Google banana bread recipes you will undoubtedly find a gazillion claims of the BEST banana bread recipe as well as almost scholarly arguments on what makes banana bread really good. Nuts? No nuts? Sweet? Not so sweet? Crumbly? Moist? How about some booze? My other half has actually experimented with that […]
