by meerafreeman | Jun 23, 2015 | Life's Little Pleasures, Recipes
It has been far too long between posts. Now that I am well settled in my new home and have retired permanently from my teaching, I have decided to post a recipe a month on this site as well as anything else I find topical. The month of Ramadan started a few days ago...
by meerafreeman | Dec 13, 2012 | Life's Little Pleasures, Recipes, Travel
A few weeks ago, Anna Diep invited me to lead an amazing culinary tour of Vietnam for her company Red Packet Tours. How exciting, I thought! What a trip to look forward to! My history with Vietnamese food goes back some 25 years, from the first time I tasted Pho in...
by meerafreeman | Mar 20, 2012 | Life's Little Pleasures, Recipes, Travel
In a couple of weeks, I’ll be heading off to Morocco again to lead another of my culinary tours. One of the highlights of the time spend travelling around the Kingdom of Morocco is the drinking of tea infused with different kinds of mint and other aromatic herbs...
by meerafreeman | Jul 25, 2011 | Life's Little Pleasures
It’s a cold rainy Monday morning in Melbourne and I’m sitting at my desk preparing my recipes for cooking class tomorrow. Over the weekend, my lovely niece gave me quite a few sprigs of daphne from the bush by her front door and I am drinking in the...
by meerafreeman | Jul 17, 2011 | Life's Little Pleasures, Produce, Recipes
There are so many lemon trees thriving in the gardens of Melbourne and they are at their peak at the moment. Just last week, I took a wrong turn and as I wove my way through the back streets of Richmond to get to my destination I was amazed by the number of heavily...
by meerafreeman | Jun 12, 2011 | Life's Little Pleasures, Produce, Recipes
One of the most comforting and easy to prepare soups for the winter months is Moroccan Bessara. I first came across this delicious dish on my first trip to Morocco. I traversed the country with a young driver called Abdel ‘adim who was an expert in street food...
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