Summer Special Strawberry Lemon Popsicle

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 5/18/2013 12:28:55 PM

'Its been 13 days now that I am back from my vacation and I haven’t had the time to sit and reflect on how wonderful it was. Our 10 day tour of France seems like it happened in some other lifetime. This blog has suffered a lot of neglect and I can’t help feel thoroughly […]'

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The Happy Birthday Post – A Guest Post by Gayathri

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 4/29/2013 6:00:25 AM

'While you read this Post, I would be at the Eiffel tower realizing my long-cherished dream of celebrating my birthday in Paris. But my blog shall not be neglected and for that my dearest friend Gayathri offered to do a  guest post for me. She knows how much I love my desserts where puddings and [...]'

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The catching up post + chocolate mousse recipe

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 4/20/2013 11:02:29 AM

'Wow! This space sure feels strange after a month plus long hiatus.  My mind is blank and typing words to form lucid sentences is a struggle. But I have to do this because I am going to take a small break again until the second week of May.  My last post was about my 3rd [...]'

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Happy 3rd Anniversary to Slice of my Lyfe

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 2/23/2013 5:19:33 PM

'The third anniversary just crept on us ( blog and me) and today I got a notification from WordPress that my blog completed 3 wonderful years. Will come back to this space with a celebratory cake soon. At the moment I am extremely caught up with something really exciting. I shall spill the beans as [...]'

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News and My Culinary Bucket list + Millionaire’s Shortbread

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 2/9/2013 8:59:37 PM

'Well how do I begin.. Lots of news to share. First things first. You may recollect I had requested all my blogger friends and readers for Facebook votes for a photo contest that Mimi (my daughter) was participating. The news is she won the title of the cutest kid in Bahrain. Mimi won a professional [...]'

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Restaurant Review Project 24 – Noodle House

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 2/2/2013 6:57:50 PM

'How does it feel when you finish a project? Especially the one which has been dragging for a long time. I feel a great sense of satisfaction that finally a long-dragging project has been brought to an end in a delicious manner. I am talking about my Restaurant Review Project that I started in November [...]'

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A healthy start to the New Year – Baked Eggs with Spinach, Mushrooms and Tomatoes

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 1/18/2013 9:50:02 AM

'How is the New Year treating you guys? Mine doesn’t seem very different from the last year. It is just as hectic at work and I am yet to figure out how to strike a balance between my personal and professional life. But I am a firm believer that when life hands you bitter lemons, [...]'

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2012 in review by WordPress!

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 1/1/2013 5:22:31 PM

'The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 40,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 9 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report. Filed under: [...]'

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Ushering the New Year with a Cranberry Upside down cake

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 12/31/2012 5:44:14 PM

'How can I leave my blog untended on the last day of the year? It would very insensitive of me to do so. The very space that gave me an outlet to all my creative pursuits and my random meandering thoughts needs an acknowledgement on the last day of the year.  If you refer to [...]'

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Things that I would have done differently in 2012 + a hot chocolate pudding

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 12/16/2012 9:11:42 AM

'It is that time of the year again, when I feel like taking stock, recounting the sweet memories and the not-so-sweet ones. Deliberating and understanding, prodding and ignoring, reasoning and retracing and finally packing them like the clothes I am never going to wear again. In this case, I can’t even give them off. I [...]'

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Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies and Why baking is so important to me!

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 12/8/2012 8:13:26 PM

'A few days back,  one of my colleagues asked me why I baked. I was taken aback by why she should ask me such a question. I told her, I baked because: I love to bake; It gave me a breather; A creative outlet; The satisfaction of practicing a craft; I need to keep my blog going, [...]'

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Nai Appam ( Rice cakes sweetened with jaggery)

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 11/24/2012 2:36:46 PM

'I am back from my vacation and it seems I need a another one to recover from the strain of this one. Travelling to meet relatives, performing social obligations etc are just what India is all about. Ofcourse it is exciting and there are so many stories to share and for Mimi to discover who [...]'

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HELP MIMI WIN THIS CONTEST

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 11/1/2012 11:06:51 PM

'Dear All, Mimi is participating in a photography contest – The cutest kid in Bahrain. 1) To help her win, you need to LIKE her photograph http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=455160211193281&set=a.453034474739188.100464.142705395772099&type=1&theater 2) and then like this FACEBOOK PAGE – SUMMER WEEKS PHOTOGRAPHY FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/summerweeksphoto Only when you have done both, will the votes be counted. voting is open [...]'

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Home Sweet Home

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 10/31/2012 1:22:17 PM

'It has been a very hard October. My job has consumed me, my life and everything there is to consume. I have burned out in the process. We had our vacation planned around this time to celebrate Diwali with our folks in India. It was to be a 4 week, much deserved vacation but due [...]'

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Mimi’s 3rd Birthday with Nigella’s Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 10/6/2012 8:32:58 PM

'One of my friends mentioned on my Facebook, against one of Mimi’s photographs – Tempus Fugit ( Latin for Time Flees/Flies) and it stayed with me for the longest time. Is there no way to capture it all and bottle it up or have moving photos like that in Harry Potter books? No videos can [...]'

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Jammie Dodgers

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 9/21/2012 8:56:36 PM

'Memories are funny. At times they come rushing like some avalanche; unstoppable, overwhelming and powerful. But many times, it feels like that blank in an objective test that you can’t seem to fill despite your best efforts. Like for eg. I have always believed that I have never learnt swimming. It was only on a [...]'

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How to Make Splendid Coffee

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 9/15/2012 9:15:44 AM

'It was only recently that I wrote a Lame Post about Coffee and Chocolate detailing how much this elixir means to me given the current circumstances which involve a highly stressful job and all the calisthenics I need to perform in order to strike that illusive work life balance. Sometimes it feels very overwhelming and I crave [...]'

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The belated Eid Holidays Post

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 9/8/2012 7:53:30 PM

'It is past Eid holidays and I have taken my own sweet time to do this post. Like I had mentioned, I wasn’t looking forward to this 5 day break as   we had no vacation planned like many of my friends. It was disheartening and unfair. But  to my great surprise, the holidays turned out [...]'

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Chocolate Burfi

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 8/30/2012 5:01:36 PM

'Indian sweets/desserts are not to be underestimated. The technique, the artistry and the expertise that goes behind bring a mass of milk in different forms and infusing them with the flavoring agents like Saffron, cardamom and many others takes some time to master. I have met more failures in trying to create an Indian dessert [...]'

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Weight Loss Woes & Peppers Stuffed with Scrambled Eggs

Author : Anita Menon      Blog :      Date : 8/24/2012 6:24:13 PM

'I do not even know where to begin or how to begin. I am struggling for words to convey my utter stupidity and trust me it is not an easy task. Against all well- intentioned warnings, I embarked on a fasting project for the 3 weeks of Ramadan. With fellow Muslims who were fasting (for [...]'

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