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Creative approach in food writing

I just finished reading a very interesting article on Turkish cuisine. It was called “ Sufi Gourmet ”. I should say it was more about Mowlana ( Mevlana) though. I really enjoyed it because as the author of the article, Marcello Di Cintio , says "food-writing has to be about culture ". I learned new things about Mowlana today as well as tasty Turkish food. I recommend reading this article. Be aware of the content of this article if you fast these days. You might want to put it off until after eftar (sunset).

Get a new perspective

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Shoreline ,1936 by Emily Carr- Photo from McMichael Canadian Art Collection- Vancouver Art Gallery This past week has been chilly but sunny. It’s made me to enjoy the September breeze as I walk in my favourite neighbourhood. It's nice to not drag myself out of the bed every morning because I'm excited about starting a new day. It's nice when I go to bed every night, I'm so tired that I fall asleep right away. It's nice to be busy again with challenges and to be able to enjoy them. Not much is happening but a lot is new to keep me occupied.

My new project

So much for this weekend and so much for my plans to study. I haven't touched any school work that I was supposed to read. Now instead of reading I'm writing here. Anyway, for one of my practical projects, I volunteered myself to classify and catalogue a number of Farsi books. This collection has been donated to one the universities here in Vancouver. I went to see the project manager last week. It's about 1 hour and half commute to get there. I don't know what I was thinking when I signed up for it. I believe when I heard they needed someone who knew Farsi, I was so happy that I didn't consider anything else. I didn't even consider the fact that I was not a huge fan of cataloguing. The only thing I knew was I missed touching Farsi books. Anyway, it turned out that the collection is consisted of 800 books. I'm not sure if I have the time to finish them all. I went to the storage area to look at the books. I saw the complete volume of Loghat Naameh Dehkho

Today’s list

1- My friend Mélanie facebooked me today saying that she was pregnant. That was the best news I could hear today. She has been trying and waiting for this pregnancy for so long . I'm very happy for her. She is one of the best mom I know. she deserves all the happiness... 2- Lately I am listening to this . It is one of my grandpa’s favourite songs. I miss my grandparents specially knowing that my grandma has a bad knee and she is suffering. I am thinking of them... 3- Sometimes stuff happens and I pretend it doesn't matter and doesn't bother me. I smile and walk away. Now I'm sitting here wondering what I did wrong...

My daily visits get shorter and shorter!

It seems that the blogging market is very quiet lately. I hope it comes back to normal.

Wonder-Land

Flirting comes naturally to some people. I'm not one of them...