The first night of the wedding celebrations we had the Henna Night, followed the next day by the extravagant lunch time meal at the groom's family residence. After the meal we raced off in anything ...
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Creamy Spinach Roots
Clearing out the house has been my main goal for the past few weeks and slowly, slowly I am getting somewhere. Emptying the house of every possible thing to get us down to close-to-bare-minimum, ready ...
A Sea Change and Cauli Bits
Sea Change as defined by Oxford Dictionaries Noun British - a seemingly magical change, as brought about by the action of the sea Australian - a significant change in lifestyle, especially a move ...
A Whats App Wedding – Part 3 – Snatching the Bride
We had all done eating the wedding feast at the groom's home (his family hotel) and the wedding band had signalled that we should jump into a vehicle and join the convoy. The cars, vans ...
Hot Toddy with Turmeric
Hot Toddy with Turmeric is the new cappuccino. So I am told! Well, it doesn't look like it, I have to admit that, but boy, does it taste good! I have been trying to cleanse my body ready for ...
A Whats App Wedding – Part 2 – The Wedding Meal
Sue my friend from Australia and I had attended the Henna Night, the eve of the wedding day. We had been invited to stay at the groom's family home, in Pamukkale for the wedding. That was very ...
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recently I was invited to a morning tea and everyone brought a plate. One lady called Jenny brought a plate of some truly wonderful chocolate chip cookies. When I mentioned how good they were, she ...
A Whats App Wedding – Village Style – Part 1 – The Henna Night
I received the above Whats App message and had no idea from whom it was sent. The moment this group message arrived, my phone went into overdrive. Dozens of messages came flooding in every few ...
Sabich
Recently I was in Australia and one day found myself driving through a Jewish neighbourhood at lunch time. Having lived in Israel back in 1983 I have quite a fondness for Jewish food. Memories of ...