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Dinner round the table with dear friends is a favourite pastime. For successful dinner party execution, its best to make dishes that can be prepared in advance. Last Friday evening, I made an array of Indian dishes and Persian pistachio and saffron ice-cream. Given that most could be made in advance, I had ample to [...]
The last few weeks have been pretty tough on this ol’ gal. Outside the Dining Minx, I have been unemployed, actively pursuing new ventures and possible ways to bring meaning to my life, post-Masters. Rationale and perspective has slowly dwindled away, as I have started to lose the grip. An existentialist crisis has been knocking at [...]
As an English woman, I have quite an inclination towards curry, particularly towards the Indian kind. My love for the stuff developed throughout my life, thanks to mother dearest. From a young age, my two brothers and I would be the tasting panel for her experimental concoctions of world cuisine. For a housewife in the mid-1980s and the UK, my mother was considered [...]
I realised my passion for writing, as I pursued blogging on my arrival to Israel five years ago, in the form of Untangling Noodles. As my fervour for writing grew, an epicurean zeal began to stew inside, yet to be touched by the communicative haven of blogging. In the last year, with laptop in tow, [...]
I think leftovers get a tough rap. Many consider them worthless, unappetizing scraps that dwell in dark corners of a fridge. Their owners hold onto them purely to avoid feeling the guilt of being wasteful. Guilt soon evaporates. In place, a decisive mission of clearing the fridge of moldy items is pursued. Leftovers, which once stood in all [...]
Who is the Dining Minx?
DM is the alter ego of Natalie Shaer. London-born, lived in several continents and finally made it back to the UK, I attempt to make sense of life through cooking, eating and writing ...read more
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