This recipe is from Sweet by Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh. This is honestly one of the most complicated desserts I’ve ever tried to make. I’ll tell you the truth – it took me 3 attempts. I would have given up if I hadn’t already promised it to my guests! But I’m so glad I persisted because it tasted sensational and I learnt so many … Continue reading Frozen espresso parfait
The recipe is from the blog The Cinnaman by Dubai-based self-taught baker Majid Ali. The Cinnaman is my all-time favourite cooking blog and inspired me to create my own. Majid Ali weaves modern flavours into traditional dishes, and local Middle Eastern flavours into classic Western dishes. His contemporary middle eastern fusion food is true wizardry and his blog posts and recipes are like poetry! I … Continue reading Dark Chocolate Baklava
‘One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.’
– Saib-e-Tabrizi Continue reading Yoghurt, bay leaf and roasted wattleseed sorbet
“Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?”
― Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana Continue reading Negroni, blood orange and pomegranate sorbet
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” – Rumi Continue reading Breakfast cous cous with orange blossom yoghurt
“Love of art—be it poetry, storytelling, painting, sculpture, or music—enables people to transcend any barrier man has yet devised.” -Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer Continue reading Cardamon and Rose Rice Pudding
“The Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.” – Khwāja Šams ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī Continue reading Mango and Lime Tapioca Pudding
Lime and Punishment 