A sneaky birthday treat, filched from Axios
by Rashmee
Posted on May 17, 2022
In lieu of a birthday treat, I’m going to start with a quiz that I’ve …
Read More‘Like all traditions, birthday parties had to be invented’
by Rashmee
Posted on May 16, 2022
Birthdays are on my mind at the moment, more particularly, how did we come to …
Read MoreDip into the sabra hummus story
by Rashmee
Posted on May 1, 2022
“Sabra” is Hebrew for any Jew born in Israel. Those who aren’t au fait with …
Read MoreThe high point of the ‘Hummus Wars’ was probably its lowest
by Rashmee
Posted on April 30, 2022
In 2016, the so-called “Hummus Wars” were raging and Lebanon and Israel had a lively …
Read MoreThe hummus hostilities are at a stalemate…for now
by Rashmee
Posted on April 29, 2022
Eastern Europe’s borscht battles are like the hummus hostilities in the Middle East, the Jollof …
Read MoreBorscht, a Ukrainian hug in a mug
by Rashmee
Posted on April 28, 2022
Once upon a time, Lemsip and Cup-a-Soup were battling each other for the right to …
Read MoreA Unesco battle for borscht
by Rashmee
Posted on April 27, 2022
The current iteration of the borscht battles properly began in 2019, when the Russian foreign …
Read MoreWhat borscht means to Ukraine at this moment
by Rashmee
Posted on April 26, 2022
The Financial Times’ recent piece (paywall) by American journalist Wendell Steavenson on the resurrection of …
Read MoreUkraine in a dish
by Rashmee
Posted on April 25, 2022
Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most people would have said that borscht, the distinctively …
Read MoreSay cheese. It’s ripe for robbing
by Rashmee
Posted on April 24, 2022
With the French elections coming to an end, it’s a good time to think of …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK