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Bolo D’Amor – The Portuguese origin of the Sri Lankan Love Cake

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 11, 2018

With the Valentine’s Day looming in the horizon (braise yourselves for the overly commercialized season of sugary frivolousness), I thought I should celebrate my love for food this February. And what better way than to explore the roots of our very o... Read More...

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A Sri Lankan Christmas – Best of Christmas recipes

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 7, 2017

Sri Lankan Christmas is quite a unique affair. Mothers, aunties and grandmothers in their floral aprons bustle about the kitchen yielding wooden spoons and extra sharp knives months in advance, cutting, chopping, stirring and perfuming the kitchens w... Read More...

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Sri Lankan Love cake – Essentially Sri Lankan

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 5, 2015

If you’ve never had a piece of the world famous Sri Lankan Love cake in your life, you clearly have wasted your life so far. This is one of those wonderful hybrid yummies that evolved from the island’s colonial past, along with the decadent Christ... Read More...

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