Today we reach our final destination in our virtual world tour. Wow! What a great journey it has been. For the past one month, my mind has been fully occupied with countries and their special dishes and even my dreams were filled with cookies and cakes. I am really happy…
We are nearing the end of our world tour. For the alphabet Y, there was only one country and it is Yemen. It is officially known as the Republic of Yemen and it is an Arab country in Southwest Asia. It occupies the southwestern to the southern end of the…
As I mentioned yesterday, X is another alphabet which doesn’t have any country. When I was searching for a country whose former name atleast starts with X, I landed upon Jamaica. Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean sea. When we look at the history of Jamaica, the…
You will be wondering why I chose to do a cookie from Samoa while the alphabet I needed to do is W. When the A-Z theme was announced, there was a problem with some alphabets as there are no countries starting with them. Those two alphabets are W and X.…
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the eastern most country on the Indochins Peninsula in Southeast Asia. The country is bordered by China in the north, Laos in the northwest, Cambodia in the southwest and the South China Sea in the east. While going through recipes to try…
For the alphabet U, I chose to do a cookie from United Kingdom. This shortbread cookie is actually from Scotland, which is part of United Kingdom/ UK. This dish was selected nearly 3 months before when Srivalli announced this BM. Scotland was in NEWS last week. If Scotland got seperated…
For the alphabet T, we travel to Turkey, officially The Republic of Turkey. It is a transcontinental country with a smaller part of it in southeastern Europe and larger part of it in western Asia. Turkey shares its boundaries with eight countries. Bulgaria in nothwest, Greece in west, Georgia in…
S was the very first alphabet I prepared for this BM nearly 2 months back. At that time I didn’t have any particular theme and so I chose to do a sweet toffee from Srilanka. But after I selected a theme to go with the BM, I wanted to stick…
I was supposed to be talking of alphabet S today, but I am still at R. Will share the reason at the end of the post. Coming to R, I chose to do a pastry from Russia. Russia, officially Russian Federation, is the largest country in the world which covers…
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an Arabian country is western Asia. It shares its border with Saudi Arabia in the south and the rest is surrounded by Persian Gulf.Qatari snacks are relished along with a cup of coffee. When I was searching for a cookie recipe, I couldn’t…