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Food

fhatu010 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:42:49 -0400

For as long as i can remamber i have always had a thing for food. it is so amazing how when you think you have outgrown something somehow, someway it always comes back to you to remind of the love …

Shaken or Stirred

DrinkBoy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:01:42 -0400

James Bond, that debonair and worldly English secret agent that always seems to know far to much about far too many things always orders his Martini’s “…shaken, not stirred”. …

Thank you my son

kesangrenchen — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:41:04 -0500

“Mom, today the teacher showed us an expensive pen that the father of one of our classmates had sent for her birthday. She also showed a bag that a boy’s parents had sent.” I responded without …

Crazy Restaurant Stuff

Chef T — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:48:14 -0500

For almost 2 decades I travelled documenting and filming authentic cuisines all over the world. By authentic foods, I refer to the pure forms of each respective countries cuisine, before fusion and …

The Rise and Fall of the Martini

DrinkBoy — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:30:10 -0400

The Schizoid Cocktail There is perhaps no other cocktail that is better known, or less known, then the Martini. Talk with any patron at the bar about what a Martini is, and you most likely will …

Mashpo Momo on the Go!

kesangrenchen — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:03:55 -0400

The bomb had been placed on a public bus which was passing by the United World Trade Center, a recently opened shopping mall in Kathmandu. Another bomb blast took place within a matter of minutes of …

My First Shot at Becoming Vegetarian

kesangrenchen — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:39:01 -0400

A thump of approval …pain is joy…joy is pain…this mind is a strange thing The hook sunk into the soft flesh of the upper palate of the silvery fish – it writhed and jerked in pain. The line …

The Veggie Mamas’ Dream

kesangrenchen — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:23:04 -0400

“They are poisoning the dogs !!! Hurry up !!!” the shouts tore through the serene and quiet grounds of the spiritual institution. A rush of robed youth and boys with shaven heads ran out towards …

No Mashpo Momos!

kesangrenchen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:35:40 -0400

We looked at each other and then again tried to pry apart the firmly frozen lump of 100 mashpo momos. There was no way of getting the momos apart without tearing off the skin and exposing the …

Losing a bit of compassion

kesangrenchen — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:08:31 -0400

I looked out of my window, attracted by some movements on the lawn behind my house. On a small grassy mound several metres away, there were two men, a young boy probably in his early teens and a …