December 29.2008 or Muharram 1st.1430 Hijriyah is very important day for Muslim around the world. It is an Islamic New Year. As Islamic calender is a lunar calendar having 12 lunar months in a year of about 354 days. It is used to date events in many...

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One day, I enjoyed a hot chili and spice chocolate from my mug. I put on my Facebook status at that time. Dita of Yummy!! commented that she had a chili chocolate cookies recipe. I told her that I also have a recipe of chocolate chili cookies from...

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One day, I watched Jamie Oliver, Jamie at Home that was aired on Food TV Canada. It was talking about lamb. A Welsh sheep farmer visited Jamie and one of the conversation topics is the difference between lamb, hogget and mutton. This conversation...

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Before you jump into conclusion, I'll tell you this is not my cooking. We ordered from Caribbean Spice Restaurant on Sunday evening. Since it was really damn cold - 43 degrees Celsius with windchil, both of us craved Caribbean food, we didn't feel to...

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Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) belong to the same family (Chenopodiacea) as beets and chard. Spinach origanted in southwestern Asia or Persia as wild plant. It has been cultivated in China and many other areas of Asia for at least 2,000 years. It was...

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Browsing around on the internet is my ritual when I get bored of my studying. As I typed on "Indonesia" and googled, I found an interesting link Everything Indonesia. Christopher Taylor who is developed this blog offered free-giveaway stuffs. In addition,...

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My beloved mom used to tell story on how I grew up, "when you were a baby and your teeth would grow, just like other babies, you loved to bite everything as you had an itchy gum. Instead of seeing you biting the toys, I gave you boiled chicken feet....

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Frozen rain has finally come today, so that means snow is in the mail pretty soon. I have been busy for a while, taking some time off from multiply as well as blogspot. On those days, I tried to sneak a little time to capture beautiful fall leaves....

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One very general idea: always try to think of a story behind the photo (e.g. table setting, sunny mood, comfort food, stylish food), which impression do you want.- Thorsten Kraska -Dita of Yummy, the founder of Home Food Photography event, has invited...

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Born and raised close to the sea, I used to consume saltwater fish every day. For the first time, it was hard for me not to eat saltwater fish daily while I had to move to another city in Java island that has more freshwater fish. However, after a...

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This picture was taken on September 20, 2008, while we had a day tour to Elie, Portage La Prairie, and Warr...

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The majority of people in the North and South America continents know this spread or dipping as guacamole, but for people who grew up in Indonesia, avocado is used to make a sweet blended shake for a beverage or a dessert. No wonder, a number of my...

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Pursuing what I studied in Indonesia, and trying to go back to my old career are my concentration right now. Since Canada has a different system is not that easy. However, food is still my obsession. In order to focus on my school, away from multiply...

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Lumpia Semarang is known as a street hawker food in Indonesia that you can get everywhere and cheap. It is served with brown sauce and cucumber shallot pickle. This recipe was modified from an Indonesian cookbook "Seri Menu dan Resep Menu Istimewa 2"...

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United we stand, divided we fall. Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan Indonesia, Happy Indonesian Independence Day. This August 17, 2008 was the 63rd independence day of my homeland. Merdeka (freedom)!.A short story about the Independence Day. The Indonesian...

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In 2008, I need to change my blogspot skin. Please bear with me while this blog is under-construction. It will take time, as I have my routine.I will try to keep on posting whilist I'm doing my blog's proje...

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Upsss... I didn't bring anything, but I had something share about. As I was inspired by Penne in Vegetable Marinara Sauce of Bellissimo Restaurant which we had on Sunday (July 13, 2008) at Winnipeg Folk Festival, I tried to make my own at home two days...

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