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Choucroute Garnie – hearty, warming, and perfect for chilly weather

February 3, 2012
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It all started with a bag of leftover sauerkraut. A $3 bag of leftover sauerkraut that I didn’t want to go to waste. So I went out and spent $50 on pork sausages, wine and other accompaniments to make a dish that used sauerkraut as a main ingredient. (I find myself in this type of scenario [...]

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Celebrating Chinese New Year with Hong Kong Egg Cakes

January 22, 2012
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I didn’t realize that Chinese New Year is tomorrow! That means Chinese New Year’s Eve is tonight! Eek – I feel so out of touch with holidays, living in Dubai, and this one really snuck up on me. Traditionally, my mom would prepare a lavish meal at home for Chinese New Year’s Eve but now that [...]

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Running Along Dubai Marina

January 15, 2012
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When the weather is nice outside, I like to run the path along Dubai Marina right by the water. When I first moved to the neighborhood four years ago, it wasn’t a very nice run because of all the construction and detours. But now, almost all of the trail down by the water is paved [...]

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A First Taste of Uzbek Cuisine @ Gulnaz Restaurant & Cafe

January 8, 2012
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Happy 2012 everyone! It’s a new year and although I hardly ever make new year resolutions these days (because they’ve been the same year after year so why bother?), I do have one for 2012 and that is to clear out all some of my draft posts. I often come up with all these great [...]

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Happy 2012!

January 1, 2012
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For New Year’s Eve, Scotch, Wee Scotch and I spent a low-key evening at a friend’s apartment overlooking the Burj Khalifa (still the tallest building in the world). Some photos from our viewing point before the fireworks: *   *   *   *   * Here are some photos of the New Year’s Eve [...]

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Vietnamese Chicken Curry Soup (Ca Ri Ga) – Make it Your Own!

December 29, 2011
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Remember the home-made Vietnamese curry powder recipe that I came up with? And how I promised to post the recipe for a Vietnamese curry stew that utilizes this curry powder? Well this is me keeping my promise . My mom made this Vietnamese curry stew quite often when I was growing up. The stew freezes very [...]

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

December 25, 2011

December has always been my favorite month because of all it’s festivities – and even more so now that it is also Wee Scotch’s birth month. We put all his birthday presents under the Christmas tree and opened most of them on Christmas day so that we could feel extra festive. Last weekend we put [...]

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Holiday Shopping for Kids in Dubai

December 22, 2011
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It’s often a challenge for friends and relatives back home in the US/UK to send parcels or presents to us in Dubai since there is no residential mail delivery in the UAE (unless you pay for special courier service). All mail is delivered to post office boxes but we’ve never bothered to set one up. Instead, Scotch [...]

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