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How to cook: fish curry with tapioca - video Anju George, host of Kerala Homestay, demonstrates how to cook the typical local dish of tapioca served with fish curry. Tapioca is served as part of a traditional Keralan breakfast or as a accompaniment with lunch or dinner

For the working woman who simply wants to have a relaxed meal at home with a little — and only a little — company, there’s the iPhone app Kare to gohan (Dinner with My Boyfriend).

a battery-powered meter under the plate gauges radiation levels in your meal, then triggers a series of alerts in the form of OLED rings.

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Posted February 15, 2010 at 7:57 pm | Permalink

“But living without a refrigerator seems slightly insane, if not completely impossible.”

Entirely possible in certain contexts. I have been living in Tokyo, Japan for 3 years without having a fridge. And I didn’t regret it. It almost started as an experiment when I moved from Canada to Japan and that I had to throw, sell or give a lot of stuff, because the space in Japan is much smaller.

Arriving in Japan, I created a rule for myself: « buy only what you really need, when you need it. » The fridge never reached that level. But it was Tokyo.

1. At 30s from my place, there was a combini (open 24/7), like seven-eleven in USA, but it was only the closest one. There were around 10 in a 5 minutes walk around my place.

2. The size of packages and portions of food is small! That changes also a lot of things. You can buy only what you will consume. No huge pack of milk. Small yoghurt sold individually, etc.

3. There were three small supermarkets with fresh products 2 minutes walking around my place.

4. If you feel not in the mood for cooking, shopping, there are plenty of places opened very late at night (till 3am) for dinner. Some opened 24/7.

All of these combined made my life much simpler, healthier and eating fresh products.