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2020-05-16

When food editor, Kat Odell tells us she has a cookie recipe we need to try, we grab a whisk without blinking. Lately, chocolate chip cookies with tahini have been the cookie du jour, but this little hazelnut chocolate chip version might just change all that... Like most people in the world, I love chocolate chip cookies. And, I believe people fall into two camps: those who reach for the chewy, gooey center, partially unbaked kind (me!), and those who prefer a crisp, crunchy bite. These gluten-free cookies––which, let me add, could convince any wheat-eater that there’s actual flour in there––are for those who prefer the former. Adding a nut butter as the cookie base, in this case hazelnuts, yields...

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2020-04-30

  Jackfruit is not a fruit that is my favorite. I somehow don’t seem to like it. It wasn’t like that all the time. There was a time I used to hog on jackfruit. My mattamma – umma’s mom – has a few huge jackfruit trees in her yard that yeilds so many fruits every year, MaShaAllah. However, off late, it hasn’t been able to, maybe due to its old age or likely even bad eye. Hehe… When we were in school, our home visits were limited to once in two years. I always wonder what it felt like being home without doing much, and I can hardly remember anything. Nowadays, kids are actually pampered with visits every now and...

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