Foodie Focus – Slow Food Dubai

  “The pace at which a snail goes through life holds a valuable health lesson. Its unhurried existence and sensitivity to the environment have become the symbol of a crusade against the pervasive fast-food culture. Slow Food, which is represented by a red snail, is a movement that began in Italy 24 years ago. It …

Set A Beautiful Table In Less Than 5 Minutes

  Setting the table is the one place where you show your personal style, where you transform the hard work that took place in the kitchen into a painting of sorts, painted by the colours of your food, plates and gorgeous set up. This is after all where you will display all your tasty masterpieces …

What To Do With Leftover Bread & Plating The Soup + Tips for Donating Food

  In today’s video, Food Stylist and Chef Fiona Archibold shares with us her tips on how she utilises leftover bread in two very delicious ways. She also shares with us her fabulous Spinach Meatballs recipe, which produces succulent, tender and very juicy meatballs that you can serve with soups or serve as a canapé …

Introducing Ramadan Special 2014

I had been looking forward for Ramadan to start for a while now, and now that it is here, I can start sharing with you this year’s debut Ramadan Special posts. If you are new to this blog and don’t know what am talking about, I have an annual tradition of posting daily during the …

Ramadan Tents, A Popular Activity During Ramadan

Look, I don’t normally do reviews on this blog. I always recommend my personal experiences which I have found outstanding because I really love to share good experiences with you and encourage you to try them. This may sound like a review, but it really is a recommendation, done simply because I found it extremely …

Healthy Ramadan Tips brought to you by OBE Organic

OBE Organic and I have put together a list of ‘Ramadan Healthy Eating Tips’ in order to help you enjoy delicious meals without sacrificing your health this Ramadan. These tips are also taking into consideration the long hours of fasting and how to maintain your energy levels in the best way possible, as well as of …

The A to Z of Minced Meat

This post is brought to you by my friends at OBE Organic Halal Beef (Australia)   Did your mother ever tell you that if you want to use minced meat (AKA ground meat), you should mince your own? I know many people (myself included) whose mothers are against buying ready ground meat from supermarkets, and …

Your Guide to Cooking Meat To Perfection & FAQ

  This post is brought to you in collaboration with my friends at OBE Organic. OBE Organic Halal is an Australian organic beef brand that offers our market a choice for excellent quality, 100% organic, grass-fed, grass-finished, halal beef. You can find their amazing meat cuts (variety of steak cuts, cubes as well as minced …

What You Will See in a Farm in Oman

Nothing prepares you to the mount of green that is in #Oman!  In my head, Oman is a country that belongs to the hot hot-climate Gulf Region and somehow the image in my head is more of a desert that by virtue of definition lacks such greenery. But not Oman, No! It stunns you with …