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By: Life in a Failed State: A Response to Foreign Policy’s “Postcards from Hell”

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:04:34 +0000

[...] learned how to make biryani, danced bhangra at weddings and shopped in bazaars with Pakistani friends. Even when martial law [...]

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By: Authentic Pakistani Cuisine: Biryani Recipe

Authentic Pakistani Cuisine: Biryani Recipe — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:51:51 +0000

[...] biryani is one of my favorite Pakistani dishes, I asked my landlady Nasreen to teach me how to make it. Nasreen is an excellent cook, and she often revels in the kitchen cooking up three course meals [...]

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By: How to Live Like a Local Wherever You Travel

How to Live Like a Local Wherever You Travel — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:32:17 +0000

[...] their tailor is and what styles are in fashion. I not only like to sample local specialties, but learn how to cook them. I look for untranslatable phrases, unspoken expectations and other things that may not be readily [...]

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By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:18:43 +0000

I feel like I’ve just visited Nasreen’s kitchen. Thank you for letting me get a glimpse beyond my country and town. I don’t get out much now, but back in the day I had the privilege of visiting various European countries and Malaysia. Thank you!

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By: Heather Carreiro

Heather Carreiro — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:06:34 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Smorg! Nasreen creates a LOT of dishes….I’m not quite sure if I’d go that agreement. And yeah, 7 was no feat for her.

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By: Smorg

Smorg — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:24:45 +0000

Cooking for “only” 7 people? By jove, Heather, I panic if I have to cook for more than 3. D What a lovely glimpse into life among Lahorian women this is. Thanks a bunch! I wish Nasreen would move next door to me. I wouldn’t mind doing the dishes if she does the cooking! ;o)

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By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:22:35 +0000

Way to go Heather! It’s me Sheryl from AC. Great article and photos.

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By: Meet Matador intern, Heather Carreiro

Meet Matador intern, Heather Carreiro — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:32:07 +0000

[...] was Matador’s Bounty Board. Some of Heather’s articles published on Matador include: “Cooking in Lahore: An American Woman in a Pakistani Kitchen” and “Tales from the Expat Life: A Memsahib in [...]

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By: Heather Carreiro

Heather Carreiro — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:08:58 +0000

Thanks for the comments everyone! Writing this made me miss Pakistan, and I made Nasreen’s biryani recipe (with less oil and boneless thigh meat – I’m lazy when it comes to eating off the bone) over the weekend.

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By: Amanda Alexander

Amanda Alexander — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:48:15 +0000

An excellent insight into life in this region. You have a definite way with words as well and an ability to paint a marvelous picture, cutting across a cultural divide.

Amanda Alexander PCC (ICF)

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