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BBQing in Dubai in May can be quite a torture. Over the the last week, summer has finally arrived and blesses us now with 40C during the day, and not much less thanRead More

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I have been food blogging for almost three years. I get invited to review restaurants or test kitchen tools on a regular basis. My email inbox is full of press releases of newRead More

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We really have been spoiled with good weather over the past few weeks here in Dubai.  We were blessed with moderate temperatures (comparatively), clouds (don’t really get to see that many throughout theRead More

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Every now and then,  yet quite regularly, I find myself less experimental in the kitchen. Instead I am cooking the same dishes over and over again and couldn’t be happier. Reliable dishes thatRead More

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I love this time of the year in Dubai. Those few weeks in spring before it gets too hot. Where the sky is still sort of clear before endless months of yellowish hazeRead More

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When I think of my childhood, cookies were inseparably connected to afternoons in the swimming pool or nearby lake. Cookies is what we ate in copious amounts after splashing for an eternity inRead More

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It’s 8pm on a Thursday in Dubai. I am running the last half marathon of the season tomorrow morning at 6.30am. Everything is laid out, including the banana that I will force myselfRead More

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If there is anything about baking that I don’t like, it’s the Hit or Miss aspect of it. You can assemble the most promising batters. But only if you pull the bread orRead More

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 It’s still winter, right? At the beginning of March, many people in colder areas of the Northern hemisphere have probably had enough of winter. But here in Dubai I cherish every day, whereRead More

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For the past week or so I have been obsessed with anti-inflammatory foods. It was all triggered by this blog post of fellow Dubai food blogger Ruth about an anti-inflammatory diet. Inflammation isRead More

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I survived my daughter’s 4th birthday. It may not sound like a big deal, but to me it is. Dubai is a place where everything can be bought for a party, be itRead More

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As much as I love cooking, I often don’t have time to assemble a whole meal. On days, when everyday life with job/s, errands, kids, family and grocery shopping take over I realizeRead More

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Spring is always near when I find myself using a lot of lemon in the kitchen.  Anything yellow or lemon-shaped catches my eye. Any recipe that has lemon on the ingredients list looksRead More

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I never used to like savory muffins. I could never explain why until I ate one that was utterly delicious. Only then I realized that all previous ones were simply tasteless. That particularRead More

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Granola bars are very popular if I can believe the statistics of my blog. Therefore, I cannot withhold this granola bar recipe any longer that got me through the last couple of weeksRead More