Articles Archive for December 2009
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The Irish love potatoes and no Christmas meal could ever be complete without them – one or even two different potato dishes will, no doubt, be on the menu this year. Irish potato cakes are …
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Originally trifles were very much like fools (pureed fruit and cream concoction) and were confused with one another for years but trifle really started out as an interesting way to use up stale cake. In …
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Today Christmas is, once again, spoken of openly in Romania and Craciun (Christmas) is celebrated in style and with enormous joy – the Christmas traditions honoured as they always were and the air of anticipation …
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Cozonac is a sweet, yeast-raised egg-rich bread that is gloriously tasty and filled with nuts, poppy seeds or raisins. In the next two weeks, kitchens throughout Romania will be filled with the aroma of orange …
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At this time of the year we all look forward to spending time with our families and friends that we don’t see too often – this is why we need to a few recipes that …
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A restaurant in Bucharest, known as La Lordachi, ran out of sausage casings one evening and created Mititei out of necessity. Since the restaurant was famous for it’s sausages, the customers had no problem giving …
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At Christmas the Holy Land is jam packed with pilgrims and travellers that have come to celebrate one of the most important days in the Christian calendar. Here, in a humble grotto, we find a …
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Christmas is a state holiday in Lebanon and most Lebanese Muslims celebrate Christmas with their Christian friends even though only 45% of the population is Christian (35% Maronite Catholic and 10% traditional Christian). The roads are …
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The 25th of December is a public holiday in Pakistan – in memory of Jinnah the founder of the country. During the last week of Advent carol singers would have gone from house to house …
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Iran and Iraq have been in the news recently, mainly because of the actions of their politicians and the fanatical fundamentalists. We must take care not to judge an entire people by the actions of …
