by Shazar | Sep 3, 2021 | Food, India, travel
Food Glorious Food – Hot chappatis and chai!! A challenge we all face when travelling can be the food. It’s such a basic comfort – and travelling can show us very quickly how attached we can be to our usual diet. “Where’s my muesli? Where’s my...
by Shazar | Aug 19, 2021 | Food
You might ask when’s the best day to bake a cake? Well in my view just about any day will do. But baking has certain qualities to it. and baking brings its own delights. It is not just the delicious taste of what you bake, but the smell that pervades your house. ...
by Shazar | Jun 28, 2021 | fiction, Food, writing
She climbs gingerly out of bed. Feet touching the scruffy mat. Standing she shakes the last of sleep from her head and moves to feel the state of her body. ah.. not too much pain today. The bruises are there but nothing seems broken. Tiptoeing so as not to wake him...
by Shazar | Jan 25, 2020 | Food, India, volunteering
My Indian Kitchen Yesterday was a flurry of doing just what was necessary here.. I woke early – meditated for a short time then began my day – my morning things the time for myself – drinking my morning drink and preparing for the day. The morning...
by Shazar | Sep 3, 2019 | fiction, Food, love
“Crab soup dumplings .. mmm” she said as she perused the strange menu. ” Is that really what we are going to choose.. well why not. after all if you don’t try stuff how are you to know if you will like it.” They were seated at the small...
by Shazar | May 26, 2019 | Food
Bread – that humble food – the food that can be the food of Gods – the food of the worker, and the farm hand and the politician. All the breads of the world – French breads crusty hot long filled with deliciousness – the camenbert, the...
