Awards

I am really excited to tell you today that I have been featured over at House of Annie as the October Top Commenter. Nate and Annie came up with this wonderful idea of showing appreciation to their regular visitors by featuring them each month. That’s a really cool idea! You can read about the fun [...]

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A Surprise, Fun with Friends, and an Award

Biren on October 17th, 2010

What, no food? Yes, no food today. This blog post is dedicated to all you, my friends and visitors, who take the time each day to visit and to comment on my posts. Blogging, as you all know is hard work and for most of us the monetary rewards are meagre or even non-existent. We [...]

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Thyme for Pasta and an Award

Biren on July 16th, 2010

We have a slightly shorter growing season here in Minnesota because of our long winters and cold springs. We only start growing vegetables and herbs around mid May. As I knew we will be away in June, it was pointless to grow anything then as they would not have survived the 3 weeks without some [...]

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Sweet Barley and Ginkgo Nut Soup

Biren on May 26th, 2010

The weather has suddenly taken a turn and it is now hot and muggy here in Minnesota. The temperature for the past few days was in the 90′s. It’s a little better today but the thermometer will climb back up by the end of the week. With all that moisture and heat, I can almost [...]

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Sweet Rice Cake with Mango Custard Topping

Biren on May 7th, 2010

The past week has been really exciting for Roti and me. I gave Roti a more updated look with a new banner and new comment system and moved some of her ‘real estate’ around. Thanks to Foodbuzz, I am now a Featured Publisher. On Wednesday, I was given the great honor of doing a guest [...]

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