18 May, 2011 at 1.14 pm
 (This is not an advocation for vegetarianism, this is an advocation for responsible eating)
Lately what concerns me isn’t so much the issue of animal rights so much as knowing the full story as to where and how your food is produced, and what this means, of course to the health of the animals, but also to your own health. People should care about where there food is coming from and they should trace their food back to the source.
I’ve found that people are often in denial about these issues and I feel that [...]
7 March, 2010 at 10.07 pm
Okay, so not much was achieved really. But this is what was learnt/experienced:
If you’re making canelloni, and can’t find fresh lasagna sheets, and you decide to get dried lasagna sheets and precook them, cook them individually. Throwing a bunch of lasagna sheets in a pot and boiling them results in them sticking together to form a pasta brick.
Always buy extra lasagna sheets.
There’s not much to do in Durham.
Durham cathedral is beautiful.
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24 September, 2009 at 4.40 pm
It’s a spinach and feta cheese pie, with a spinach and tomato salad with a lime vinaigrette dressing. You can tell I’ve been watching too many cooking shows by the way that it is [pathetically] laid out.
Anyways, pies might seem a bit daunting but they’re really not hard at all. Your basic dough consists of 2:1, flour to fat. I used butter although you’re really meant to used vegetable shortening, but it turned out all right. I also added a touch of cold (meant to be ice) water. But it really is that simple. Butter up [...]
20 September, 2009 at 7.40 pm
I love tea so much. My student-y budget means right now I only have 4 different types of tea in my cupboard. I would have more if I could.
I just tried this tea:
It was delicious. I’m drinking it now. It IS delicious.
I was talking about my student-y budget, and in terms of that this tea is expensive. But it is organic and fairtrade, and I definitely try and buy fairtrade whenever I can. Also, seeing as there are 3 other types of tea in my cupboard, I [...]
6 September, 2009 at 7.30 pm
so here I am in the Pacific Coffee Company in IFC mall waiting for Anne to show up.
I’m drinking cranberry and apple juice.
I should get an award for writing the most boring webpost ever.
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