Sent as Mercy to All Creatures!

Islamic Affairs & Charitable Activities Dept. Of Dubai (IACAD) announces an international research competition titled:
“Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a Mercy to all creatures”

As part of the ongoing ‘Mercy to [...]

Saving Time In the Kitchen

I had always hated the task of peeling and slicing/cutting/mincing/dicing onions. Elders always give young helpers in training this uneventful yet tearful task. I give my daughter this very task too now. When she groaned, I told her,
“I know, I hated it too, because it’s so boring.”
And I still hate it.
She replied,
“Not because it’s boring, [...]

The Virtue of Rice

So I said that it would be a while before I take up experimenting in the kitchen. Well, turns out, my mood has shifted gears, and I have taken back (somewhat) my momentum (that I had a lot of years ago) of bustling in the kitchen. Though, of course, now that writing has come into [...]

My Alma Matter

I miss my alma matter. Seeing the word ‘Ames’ evokes so many memories of my four years there;  some of which are shuffling on icy trodden paths, sometimes trudging through fresh snow, whooping for joy when classes were canceled due to blizzards, strolling through blossoming eastern redbuds, a triangular bed of many-colored tulips, budding trees, [...]

Eid Mubarak! 1429

This year, I managed to darken my rendang, as per my mother’s Gold Standard. My rendang has always been golden in color, never this dark, but remembering what my mother wrote on her blog about letting the oil from the coconut milk darken the rendang, I waited and stirred it till the oil was really [...]