from www.cuteoverload.com
Chopped or not, super cute.

Easier than you think, and a start for endless experimenting.

You need:

2 Mangoes, semi ripe
3 tbsp sugar
some salt to taste
½ cup of milk
1 cup of plain yoghurt

Chuck it all into a blender, and blend it for a few minutes. This is where you can decide what consistency is to your liking. Too thick? Add some milk..too thin? Add some yoghurt…too sweet? Not sweet enough? Etc. Throw in some mint to give it a kick, or do as Jamie Olliver does and pop in some cardamom seeds.
Serve chilled, sprinkle some cinnamon on top for kicks.

I should say that this post was born out of my disappointment in the Lassis that are being served in city, notably at Lahore Tikka House where they practically taste like flavoured water.

Due to the enormous popularity of these two articles on Spotlight, we’ve decided to extend the series of articles to 5 parts. It’s just because the content is popular, but also because the guide is not finished. There’s still well over a dozen places to cover!.

Now contrary to what you may think, compiling an article like this is a lot of work. It takes a toll on the mind, and of course, the body.

• Find cupcakeries
• Drive there
• Buy cupcakes
• Talk to owners, get a feel for the place, the approach, the art (this is what I do best, and this is why I think we are the best)
• Shoot the cupcakes (I play the role of photographer, stylist, lighting techinician, all without giving it a studio feel. these cupcakes need to look good, but lets not go overboard)
• Eat the cupcakes (i hurt)
• Eat again, think, write
• Eat, one more time…with someone…get a second opinion….
• Now research, what has someone else said about said cupcakes.

A lot of people say I work backwards, in the fact that I always read what people have said, after I’ve tried the food. I do this to avoid being influenced, and I admit, sometimes it’s impossible to not be influenced.

As I write this, I’m putting the finishing touches on Part 3. It goes up later this week.

*chuckle*

75 Things every man should do, by Esquire.
This has probably been blogged to death, but anyway.

Done,

• Play Rugby
• Repair an appliance – washer/dryer, fridge
• Fly the red-eye from Vegas – and once again in September.
• Make a list of 75 things to do before you die – yes but 100.
• Drive the PCH – I’ve done it for about 3 hours, paltry I know
• Make a perfect omelet
• Recognize the accomplishments of others
• Tobaggan, aggressively
• Scuba Dive
• Drink mescal in Mexico
• Cultivate a reputation
• Learn three to four chords on guitar
• Live in a hotel suite for a week - way too often
• Milk a cow. Drink that
• Help someone dig out
• Pick an animal. Go see it in the wild
• Shoplift
• Throw a party
• Live outside the homeland – most of my life
• Start something that scares you
• Choose a word or a phrase and actively work to never use it again
• Cook the same thing until you are known for it
• Overspend
• Have a threesome
• Quit something you love -
• Take care of someone else’s three year old for a day – close, lots of toddlers
• Get very good at a sport that isn’t a sport – Horsehoes, cards
• Listen to war stories
• Sing in Public
• Sell everything you don’t need. Once
• Give up your seat
• Take a vow. Keep it
• Live at a high altitude – short. Nuweraliya in Sri Lanka
• Overeat for a week – why as recently as winterlicious
• Give a panhandler all your money
• Ride a horse
• Walk 20 miles
• Climb something you are afraid of – mountain, thailand
• Get a manicure – the girlfriend made me do it
• Get a deep-tissue massage
• Peg the speedometer

I would love to:

• Fly a Cessna
• Spend some time, working for tips
• Go to Paris. Tell no one where you are. Stay there for 2 weeks
• Eat a six course meal that you prepared
• Kill, dress, cook, and eat wild game
• Do a flip off a diving board, nail it
• Raise a dog
• Bungee Jump
• Eat a 2 course meal that you grew
• Go to the Desert
• Make beer, wine or moonshine
• Make a movie

As much as I agree with some of the negative publicity that China has been getting this year, I’m totally romanced by the visuals that came out of the opening ceremony. Okay, I haven’t seen the entire ceremony yet, but I’ve been gawking at various online posts such as this.