Please let the days start to get cooler. Please? Just the other day it was about 36 degrees C outside, but the feels like temperature was in the 50s. With 84% humidity. At 1am. This. This is life in Bahrain in the summer. By the […]
All posts tagged “Food”
My mum’s bean salad has a new fan
I enjoy cooking. Sometimes. I wouldn’t call myself one of the most accomplished cooks ever, but I do know my way around a spice cupboard well to put together some of what my mum taught me. I can put flavours together pretty well. I can […]
Belgium, Beer and Food: Part 2
(Read Part 1 here) The next day we planned to get up early and head to Bruges, followed by Ghent. Ambitious? Yes! Getting the train to Bruges and then to Ghent was incredibly simple. In Belgium they have these fantastic bulk buy tickets, which are […]
Belgium, Beer and Food: Part 1
I do believe I took Europe for granted when I actually lived in the UK. Just the proximity of so many wonderful cities to go and visit. And the fact that it is somewhat cheaper getting to a European city from London than it is […]
TOW Jaina goes to Bahrain. Again
If you asked me this time last year whether Bahrain would have been a holiday destination of mine. Twice. Before 2013 was out, there would have been one heck of a confused look on my face. And yet here I am. It’s the beginning of […]
When life gives you basil, make a caprese salad
Drowning in basil. Not literally. But very nearly: So this is 3 pots worth of basil. (There’s one on the right that’s just getting started.) Overkill? Quite possibly. But I LOVE basil in the summer. I get mildly obsessed over it. In salads, pesto, whatever.
Rain doesn’t stop this girl from barbecuing
Another weekend gone in July and it was yet another ever so slightly damp one here in the UK. Well, where I was. When will it end!? Well for me, 31st of July. I’m off for a week to Portugal to visit my parents with […]
Photo of the day: Last week’s photos
Here’s a run down of all of last week’s photos:
My name’s Jaina and I’m an addict…
… An addict of graze that is. It’s the strangest thing to be addicted to, but I feel I can safely say I’m not alone. Well at least I hope I’m not alone What is it? It’s a way of snacking on things that are […]