Growing up, I hated barley. Partly because it was associated with sickness as my mother always made a barley ganji (porridge) whenever I had a fever or a bad stomach. She'd also give me barley water (the water that was used to cooked the barley in) to drink which I would refuse to drink unless…
My aunt would occasionally buy a blue tin box that said 'Danish Butter Cookies' from Nilgiris to have with her evening tea and if I was around, I got to pick a few cookies from the tin for myself. I made sure I got the whole ones and not the broken bits which was a…
When things were 'normal' (before the lockdown), reading every morning with my morning coffee and then before bed was a part of my routine. But nowadays, I'm trying to paint, puzzle, go out for walks and cook whenever I find my mind wandering, so reading has taken a backseat. First read of April was 'The…
One of the most famous Danish brands is LEGO. Whether you know where Denmark lies on the world map or not, you will definitely know what a LEGO brick is. Growing up, I didn't have a single LEGO set but envied the one friend who had it. I enjoyed the endless possibilities a box of…
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