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Mango Sticky Ice Cream
December 31st, 2010 Yep. More ice cream. Had coconut milk left over from curry-making and decided to make it into ice cream. And since my brother and his brood are on their way up, it needed to be kid-friendly (and not the tamarind flavoured one I was gonna make). This one’s a nod to all the mango sticky rice my friends and I had while on a trip to Thailand in October
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A Spicy Cold Treat: Gingerbread Ice Cream
December 24th, 2010 Well, I made ONE barely-made-it attempt at making ice cream about a week ago, and figured I had enough experience (yeah, right) to do what I always do – make up things! So I decided on turning to the tastes of the yuletide season for inspiration. First thought was “fruitcake” which was immediately cast aside – let’s just say I’m nowhere near a fan. And then I remembered “gingerbread”, and relished in the thought of its spicy aroma. And the timing’s perfect – gingerbread is so flavour of the moment in more ways than one.
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Alone in the Kitchen with some Lemongrass
December 7th, 2010 
There’s something about cooking with roots and shoots that’s somewhat akin to being in a garden. As I wash the dirt from the vegetables, I almost want to dig my toes in, as if I were standing on grass. And slicing through lemongrass and garlic, it’s like working in an herb garden, when the fragrance lifts from the cutting board and seeps into my fingers. And when it’s all cooked and eaten, why, the earthy comfort is almost as good as lying in a park and soaking up the sun on a crisp autumn day.
Spa treatments are well and good, but a morning spent in the kitchen can be therapeutic as well.
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