Tag Archives: Baking

Question Time: What are your vego christmas must-haves?

Its nearly Christmas. Well, not here as Georgians use the Julian calendar, so their Christmas is in January. I’m a hardened, happy atheist, but I still love the food and family part of Christmas. So, as soon as I realised … Continue reading

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Greek Week

Okay, so this is another of the countries we culinarily visited while I was busy packing up our house in Melbourne. In fact, I only had time to make two days worth of Greek food and this just isn’t enough, … Continue reading

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Go local – Kalamansi

Remember back in Malaysia Week I posted a recipe for Ais Limau (Lime Cordial), saying I had to use the wrong limes? (sorry wordpress isn’t letting me link at the moment, must be something buggy. It’s here http://roundtheworldvegan.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/devil-curry-and-ais-limau/) Not anymore! … Continue reading

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Go Local – Karat Banana

One of the most amazing things here is the variety in bananas. For a girl from the land of one variety- that I don’t even know the name of, because they’re just “bananas” – its a little baffling, to be … Continue reading

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“Romantic” fried chicken dinner and the best apple pie ever

When I think of a romantic dinner, I think candles, wine, maybe some music. Fried chicken and tv doesn’t usually come to mind. But that’s what we went with on Friday night, and it didn’t turn out half bad. I … Continue reading

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Chowder, Cobbler, Cornbread and Beans

Sunday: Corn Chowder and Peach Cobbler During my search I didn’t find much info on Corn Chowder, so I wont share a history with you. Basically, chowder is a thick, creamy soup with stuff in it. In corn chowder, the … Continue reading

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Baking with pumpkin

Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Bread, Pumpkin Cookies, Pumpkin Muffins…the list goes on. Americans like to bake with pumpkin. Its not something we do here very often, we usually turn our pumpkins into soup (or curry), or eat them roasted, so I … Continue reading

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