Ms. Bean, Part I: The Hunt Begins.
January 1st, 2011. I rolled out of bed thinking, TODAY is going to be the day I find the perfect
Al Ammor. Serving up Egyptian comfort foods that call out to the little girl in me.
A mournful note on 31.08.2013: Al Ammor – all three branches of it in Abu Hail – has shut its
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If I had only one morning left in Dubai, I would eat…
…a za’atar with cheese manosheeh. Not just any manoosheh of course, but one from the Lebanese chain called Breakfast To
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Know what I love about Korean BBQ?
1. Korean BBQ smells divine, a fact that I happily announced to the waiters the second I stepped foot into
Iranian Kebabs and Pulao…Served Up, Close & Personal.
As I philosophized to one of my close friends over a batch of pumpkin cream cheese muffins recently: Every woman
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Calling out to the wild crazy party people, it’s Oktoberfest…anyone there?
I don’t drink. I don’t do pork. I (temporarily, until my doc gives me the green light), can’t eat beef.
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Cooking up a Thai feast with my fellow foodies at the International Center for Culinary Arts
Whoever coined the phrase “too many cooks spoil the broth” had evidently never been to a group cooking class. He
Alice in Bakeland. Premiering at the Wild Peeta Bakefest.
I really did feel like Alice, wide-eyed and slightly nervous and terribly curious and horribly fidgety, wanting to run a
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Protected: Cupcake art that was the icing on the cake for my sister’s Big 30
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Cod to Kill.
Momotaro, Dubai.
To review or not to review. That was the question. Going to a schmanzy Japanese restaurant like Momotaro is not
My visit to Après for cheese fondue
Après has a lot going for it. It has a gorgeous view of the made-in-Dubai ski slopes at the Mall
Wild Peeta. Good. In fact, quite good. Just nothing to go wild over.
As I read through a forwarded email advert that spoke about a place called Wild Peeta, boasting fusion shawarmas, “service
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