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Sri Lanka dealt a spiritual blow
By Mark Footer
What is the opposite of serendipity? Misfortune? Rotten luck?
Either could well describe the situation currently faced by Sri Lanka – the island once known as Serendip (the Persian name that gives us the English word…
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The case for induction cooking
By Melissa Clark
NEW YORK — Robert Osborne grew anxious about dinner when his Brooklyn co-op board put the kibosh on a plan to move a gas line for his kitchen renovation. How could Osborne, a math teacher, cook his favourite dishes like…
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I travelled to Sri Lanka during the COVID-19 pandemic — here’s what it was like
By David Swanson
Leave it to an airfare sale to spark a bit of wanderlust.
The cost of flights to far-flung points around the world plunged at various points in 2021. With a big anniversary to celebrate in October, last June, my…
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Around the world in savoury cakes
By Raul Dias
When Yotam Ottolenghi, one of the culinary world’s brightest sparks, introduced his rather unique cauliflower cake via his 2014 vegetarian cookbook Plenty More, the food cognoscenti sat up and took notice. Many believed that…
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From Sahara to Sri Lanka, binge watching Traditional Me
By Vaneisa Baksh
Headaches these days have been unusually oppressive. I hadn’t realized quite how snugly I fit into the “sensitive groups” affected by the Saharan dust. Eyes gritty, ears heavy, nose sneezy, skin itchy; the antihistamine…
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