By Saray, on May 20th, 2012 
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Because life is simply too glorious!
By Saray, on October 4th, 2012
And the importance (or not) of nationality
“If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.” – [...]
Continue reading On Being a Foreigner
By Saray, on August 20th, 2012
Too tired to be good
It is 7:30 in the morning and I ‘m on my way to work, like every morning from Monday to Friday. I’m sitting on a train, drinking a cup of green tea and writing this post. All seems normal, doesn’t it? Let’s look at it more closely.
Within the space [...]
Continue reading Ego-Depletion
By Saray, on August 14th, 2012
Animal ‘bits’ and bobs and overcoming haggis (aaaarrrrggg) fear
Traditional Scottish haggis
I recently read an article about how the UK, and I’m guessing the same applies to most developed countries, wastes so much food every year - 7.2 million tonnes of food and drink, costing us £12bn!!
Another article, this time from [...]
Continue reading The Fifth Quarter
By Saray, on July 31st, 2012
Hello there,
I wanted to share with you a quick link to a recent post I wrote for the online magazine 4ManchesterWomen.
It’s a review of the Arndale food market in Manchester where you can find delicious foods from all over the world at crisis proof prices. I love finding places like the Arndale Market in Manchester [...]
Continue reading Guest Post on 4Manchester Women: the Arndale Market
By Saray, on June 28th, 2012
The Art of Not Thinking
We’re dying from overthinking. We’re slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think, think, think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It’s a death trap ~ Anthony Hopkins
We like to think of us humans as being superior to animals because we can think. However, it seems like [...]
Continue reading Information Overload
By Saray, on June 20th, 2012
Who will win the office battle? Place your bets!
We all have fond memories of the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street and his insatiable appetite for cookies (which the poor guy never seemed to manage to actually swallow). Would he have been as popular if he was the Fruit Monster and instead went [...]
Continue reading Fruit takes on Cake
By Saray, on June 14th, 2012
Herbs and spices decoded
In the spirit of this blog’s principles, I can’t really emphasize enough how amazing it is to enjoy other cultures through food. However, for people not used to cooking ‘exotic’ dishes, it might be daunting to think about having to deal with new spices. Michael McIntyre had it spot on in [...]
Continue reading Spice Up Your Life
By Saray, on June 8th, 2012
How to free time for it and some awesome resources you must know about!
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. ~Henry Ford
Whether you have the most stressful job or the easiest of lives, one thing will be true: your mind will demand nourishment in the form of learning [...]
Continue reading Invest in Yourself
By Saray, on June 1st, 2012
Track down and kill the moan
I believe the UK must be the only country in the world with a website called Moan of the Day, which welcomes you with the enticing: “Moan Of The Day allows you to have your moan or to comment on other peoples moans. Share your frustrations and have a [...]
Continue reading Decoding the National Sport: Moaning!
By Saray, on May 24th, 2012
Principle 3 in the Kitchen, How to Keep It Simple
All you need in order to conquer the kitchen and extract delicious food from it comes from three things:
Having the basic kitchen tools – this is, your rifles, horses and canons for battle
Knowing a bit about spices – your warfare tactics [...]
Continue reading How to Turn your Kitchen Battleground into a Playground.
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