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Here's all the links to articles I've written/researched and posted on my blog.
There's a lot of information here, so...happy reading!

Blog Archives, May 2009
Long Time No Kurma
When Insults Had Class
Memory Lane #1
Vegie Pets
From the Archives: Memory Lane #2
Vegie Pets - A Great Response!
From the Archives: Memory Lane #3
From the Archives: Memory Lane #4
Hey Presto! It's Kurma's Pesto
From the Archives: Memory Lane #5
Lovin' Plateful
Veggiedag!

Trekking with Kurma
Afiyet Olsun!
From the Archives: Memory Lane #6
Who is That (Un)Masked Man?

La Trobe Weekend
From the Archives: Memory Lane #7

From the Archives: Memory Lane #7
Death on Toast

From the Archives: Memory Lane #8
What's Your Favourite Kurma Recipe?
What's Your Favourite Kurma Recipe? Part 2
What's Your Favourite Kurma Recipe? Part 3

 

Blog Archives, April 2009
Reincarnation, Woody Allen-style
Mangrove Mountain
Raw Cashew Cheesecake
Non-vegetarian Food Additive Numbers
Circle of Life #8: Name Giving Ceremony
Fruit of the Vine

The Daily Grind
Time Marches On
Cooking with Kurma - the Television Shows
Facebook - Hello/Goodbye
My Books
Circle of Life #9: Strangers in Town
My Blog Archives

Back on Facebook
Red Savinas Reincarnated

Circle of Life #10: Dicing with Death
Circle of Life #12: Body Parts
Circle of Life #13: A Garden Reverie
Warm Plum Crostata
Cook with Kurma this Fourth of July

One Living Being is Food for Another
Meet the Happy Dacks
Meet The Boys
Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat

Blog Archives, March 2009
Opening Night: The Cook and The Chef
I Know What You Did Last Sunday
Creamy and Dreamy
Circle of Life #6: New Folks in Town
Another Week Passes By
Eat Your Vegies!
Dinner for 800
Divine Taste
Wauchope Weekend
Go Get Googled
Kitchen Buddies

Circle of Life #7: True Colours
Sugar-free Gulab Jamuns
Daily Red Meat Raises Chances Of Dying Early
So It Happens

Blog Archives, February 2009
Doughnuts
What's for Breakfast?
Cows Find Milky Way to Happiness
Los Muchachos Seran Muchachos
Hospitals Take Meat off Menu
Cards and Letters
Something Sticky in the Hills
Circle of Life #4: In The Family Way
Non-grain Flour
Recipe Archives
The Bishnoi People
Bound for Port Willunga
Great Moments in Presidential Speeches

Circle of Life #5: "My, How You've Grown!"
Party Time!
Infinity
Do Not Read This Blog
The Cook, The Chef, and Kurma
Sacre Bleu!

Clearing my Inner Cobwebs

Blog Archives, January 2009
Eggs
New Year's Evolution
A Glut of Lemons
Divine Pastimes in the Spring
Rasgullas
Movement at the Station - Kurma's Cooking Classes 2009
Circle of Life
Kofta Man meets Sponge Dhokla Squarepants
Eno's What He's Talking About
Warning! Soup Alert! You are Entering The Comfort Zone
Meet Neal
Chanting Down Memory Lane
Waxing Lyrical

The Wanderings of the Living Entities
Bride of Chakki

Jammin'
Getting Sticky Again

Circle of Life #2
Vegetarian Teenagers
Son of the Bride of Chakki
Circle of Life #3: Hey Baby!

Return to Sticky Rice
The Big Salad
Hot Town, Summer in the City

Blog Archives, December 2008
Taxman
Pineapple Chutney
Happy Birthday, Bhagavad-gita
Aaah - The Smell of Blog in the Morning
Yes We're Going to a Party, Party...
Thus Spake Epictetus
Three Minutes of Fame
Friends
Fatto Gateaux! My Cup(cakes) Runneth Over

One More Menu-planning Day 'til Christmas
Christmas Hypocrisy
Birthday Meditation
"Early To Bed Keeps Heart Healthy"
Holy Cow - More on Animal Rights, Veganism and Vegetarianism

Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror?
More on Sourdough Bread
Kurma's Sourdough Bread - Proof of the Pudding
Sambar

Comments on Onions, Garlic & South Indian Food

Blog Archives, November 2008
A Real Roasting

Rawa Idli
The Cook, The Chef, and Kurma
Kurma's Krusty Kashew Kurry
Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job
Last Tango in Darlinghurst
Naan
Kurma in Peru - Countdown
Gotovim s Kurmoj, teper' i v Rossii!
Blogging for Dummies
The Turtle Cometh
Thus Spake Rodney
The Signing
Oh Brother, Where Forth art Thou?
Like, a Totally Cool Quote
Five Good Reasons to Eat Your Dog
Sad Day on Sesame Street
In the Midst of Cows
This Bird Has Flown

Blog Archives, October 2008
Saucy
Head in the Clouds
Ekadasi Cauliflower Pakoras
Annatto
Classic Basmati Rice Pulao
KKK
Memory Lane
Back to the Future, Part 1
Za'atar
Dairy Life
My Meditation
Dried Capsicum & Chickpea Cutlets
Wedding Menus
Dublin Fair City
Searching for Masala Chai
Team Govinda
Sculpture by the Sea
In the Mailbag

Team Govinda Part 2
Gone Troppo
Granola with Mangoes
To Market, To Market

Stormin' Kormin's Big Day
The Stars, Baby, The Stars
Spicy Bengali Potatoes

Blog Archives, September 2008
Warning: Salty Content
Dinner at Kurma's
What I Am
Flower-bearing Spring
Scrambled Tofu
Hari! Hari!
Marvellous Marmalade Musings
All About Natural Sweeteners
Through The Cracks
Cooking for Sri Radha
Who is That Girl with Krishna?
Jam Session: Sabjimata Down Under

Vegetarian Apostles
Getting Co-ordinated Again
Saffron Cardamom Peach Conserve
The Chickpea That Ate Melbourne
A Talkative Turtle
My Triple-C Saturday
'The Old Cheese'
Thank You, I Needed That
Tikkis
Mushrooms

Naughty But Nice
A Good Vintage
Lactose-free Gulab Jamuns
Time to Saddle-up
Kup Kake Katha
Hummus bi Tahina
Society, Friendship and Love

Blog Archives, August 2008
Benefits of Fasting
Write, Write, Write!
Meet the Grandsons
Having a Halava Day
Duck Under the Table with Kurma
Inkyboy
Allspice
Kurma @ Sticky Rice
Groaning Tables Ahoy
Are Organic Tomatoes Better?

Postale Belgique et Le Barbecue Vegetarien
The Mother of all Classes
Kofta Krazy
Are You The One?
Cooking for God
Olympic Vegetarians
Prince Charles Speaks Out Against GM Crops
The Ever-versatile Fenugreek

Eclipsing the Full Moon
On the Road Again
Go and Get Nuked
Yeast-free Bread
It's a Rice Pudding World
What's the Beef?
The Status of Flatus
Trillions of Winters

Is Fish Oil the New Snake Oil?
Kurma's Travel Diary
Why Not Every Scientist Worships at Darwin's Feet
There is No Death
Culture Club
Burnt Milk, and How to Avoid It
Big Balls
Fool's Paradise
Service
Sri Krishna Janmastami in Melbourne, Part I
Strawberry Cream Shortcake
The Search
"Go to the Light"
Wisdom of the Ancients
Sri Krishna Janmastami in Melbourne, Part 2
The Final Check List
Sri Krishna Janmastami in Melbourne, Part 3: The Joys of Mind Control
Sing Along with Kurma
Ginger and Cancer

My Weekend in Melbourne
Wheat Intolerance
Meat & Colon Cancer
Anzacs
"Dyslexics Untie"
On the Road to Wingham
More from Grandpa
Season'd with Love
Wingam Weekend

What Am I?

Blog Archives, July 2008
Where You Bin?
Processed Meat Unsafe For Human Consumption; Cancer Experts Warn of Dietary Dangers
Bound for Bendigo
The Glories of Coconut Oil
The Dangers of Aspartame - Urban Myth or Wake-up Call?
Tofu and Dementia
Bendigo Bliss
Cholent

Broccoli Good for the Prostate
Extemporaneous Salad Dressing
Rogue Falafels
Where it All Began
iKurma
Words by Blake
Lovely Rita
The Perfect Chip
Thus Spake Albert
Birchermuesli
Where on Earth?
Losing Private Dwyer
Blog Questionnaire
Curry Puffs
American Food
Ronald McDonald Goes Veg
The Return of Oscar the Cat
Kurma's Canberra Curry
Shrikhand
The Road to Launching Place
Limping Home
Fleeting and Everlasting Beauty
Ancient Sweets
Cancer Doc Urges Cell Phone Precaution
Attention: all Vegetarian Shepherds
Homemade Spice Blends (Masalas)

Blog Archives, June 2008
Day of the Vegans
Happy Birthday, Blog!
Am Not This Body
Guava Butter
All Warm and Tingly
Meet the Sourdough Guru
Tabbouleh
Cards and Letters
An Evening with The Veronicas
Milky Talk
Attention all Qualling, Onion-eyed Puttocks
A Day with the Relos
The Morning After
Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi
Course, poulet, course!
Steak and Chips
The Daily Mail

Have More Fun
Cutting Boards - Wooden or Plastic?
Travel Diary Update
Kurma in the Raw
London Rathayatra 2008
Mercy
Chocolate, and the Search for Pleasure
Seize the Day
The Long and Winding Road

Blog Archives, May 2008
Which Old Witch?
Satvic Foods
Pita the Great
Bites and Bytes
Living Graves
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Vegetarianism and World Religions
Homemade Ghee
Kurma in Hollywood
Dinner with Kurma
Sourdough Days
Herbal Life
Big Brunch
Much More Than Just a Pinch of Salt
Nachni

Lord Krishna's Cuisine
Buckwheat Chapatis
Curry Leaf-scented Two-minute Blog Noodles
The Warrandyte Wave
Kurma Returns to Canberra

Three Days at Mangrove Mountain
Chilis Galore
Spekky for Brekky
'A' is for....

Like a Virgin

Blog Archives, April 2008
Cucumber Relish
Getting Centred
A Weekend in Alice Springs
Sense of Hummus
Inspiration

Alkaline Foods
Halava the Great
Kurminos Pizza
Mc Kurma's
Way to Go!
If Life were Fair...
Jellies, Jams & Preserves
A Paucity of Posts

Blog Archives, March 2008
Dukkah
Shoots, Roots and Leaves
Lessons from the Ant
Blog Comments, Cyanogenic Glycosides and Rhodanese
When in New York...
Single Sex Public Education
Last Quarter Fade-out
A Glut of Pumpkins
"And I Say to Myself - What a Wonderful World...."
Vegetarian Cookery Classes, Alice Springs
Grain-free Cake
Earthenware Pots
Gaura Purnima - Full Moon Rising
Recipe of the Week
Love that Laksa!
Love Those Latvian Laddhus
Vegetarian Liquid Lunch
Earth Hour
Vegan Feasts with Kurma
Vegetarian Cookery Classes with Kurma in Queensland
In Work and Play...
Getting Old

Blog Archives, February 2008
Growing Curry Leaf Plants
Bondi Sunrise, Morning Walks & the Power of Meditation
The Four Yorkshiremen
Savoury Urad Dal Doughnuts (Vadai)
Ancient Indian Mathematics
More Maths
From Badass to Bagasse - The Full Circle
Rasgoola
Vegetarian Athletes: At the Top of Their Game
Welcome to Ekadasi

Small and Insignificant
Vegetarianism Takes Root in the Beef Capital
The Passing Away of Gita
Chocolate Cake
 (scroll down)
More on Chapatis
Let Them Eat (Vegan) Cake
Carpe Diem

My Sweet Lord
George Harrison Remembered (scroll down)
'The Most Delicious Cauliflower Curry'
Wielki Ekstaza!
It's My Kitchen, I'll Karahi If I Want To

Blog Archives, January 2008
Pumpkin Soup
King of the Jungle
Meat Eating and the Environment
Eggless Mayonnaise
A Letter from Florida
Iron Intake for Vegetarians - Khichari to the Rescue
Swimming Against the Currants
Fruitless
Arrive Derci Perth
Package Tour
Corny
Job Incentive
Bad Leek
Hallelujah!
A Little Victory
Homemade Ginger Beer
What's Your New Year's Resolution?
Cooking With Kurma in Iran

Bittersweet
Spring (Rolls) in the Air
The Year My Life Changed Forever
Changing Bodies
"Age Shall Not Weary Us..."
Chuck Another Vegie on the Barbie, Mate!
Famous Last Words

Krishna
Extend Your Life
Turmeric Tea
Letter from Albany
Can You Help?
More Cards and Letters

Basbousa
Sahlep
World Clock
Garlic and Onions
The Singing Naan

Blog Archives, December 2007
King of Fruits

Deathless
Australian Culture
Pasteurization? No Thank You!
Omega-3 Fatty Acids - Something Fishy?
Kurma Quiz: True or False
Quinoa - a Cure for 'Bloggers Block'
Answer to Kurma Quiz
  scroll down
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Coals to Newcastle
Vegi Links
Kurma the Cookie Monster
Maim Not the Brute Beasts...
Non-grain Flours
Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
Play it Again, Kurma

Australians Vote with Their Tongues
Kitchen Confidential
scroll down
Quote of the Week
Away in a Manger - The Gangotri Affair
Apple Strudel   scroll down
A Vegetarian Christmas
One More Menu Planning Day 'til Christmas
Merry Krishnas and a Hare New Year
Santa Coke
Fifty Five, Not Out
Salt and Breadmaking
'Dhoodh, Where's my Recipe?'
Far Out, Mung Bean Sprout
The SEARCH Box Rules!
Living Dangerously
Last Tango in Western Australia
Signing Off for 2007

Blog Archives, November 2007
In Safe Hands  
A Fond Farewell  
Blessings from Sri Mayapur - The Passing Away of Nirguna    
The Dirt on Mother Ganges  
South Indian Breakfast  
A Trip to Navadvip   
Last Day in Sri Mayapur   
And Today's News...   
A Week in Puri, Part One   
Here's Some I Prepared Earlier  
A Week in Puri, Part Two  
Storing Spices 
 
Buy Nothing Day   
Kurma and the Bandwidth Thieves   
Letter of Appreciation  
A Sad Day on Sesame Street  
Good Morning Tennessee!  
Patra Bhajia   

 

Blog Archives, October 2007
Sak - Divine Spinach  
I Pack, Therefore I Am  
Earthlings 
George
Today at Govinda's
And Furthermore...
The Return of Grandpa Kurma
Erina Fair
World Wide Cooking School
Parrots on the Bottlebrush, Duck Under the Table
"Over Hill, Over Dale..."
Pumpkin Pie
Getting Co-ordinated
All Warm & Tingly
The Muffin Man
Getting High
A Night in Mansfield

 

Blog Archives, September 2007
Aw Gee! No Glee from Vanaspati, & Ghee Argie-Bargie
Monosodium Glutamate - Veg/Vegan Friendly?
Eastward Ho!
Saturday Lunch with Kurma
Here's One I Made Earlier
Gulab Jamuns, Potato Puffs and My Vow of Silence
Memory Lane
Geography Test
Blog High Jump

All Warm and Tingly
Jowar and Rajgira
Rosy Hopes: Reading Nature's Books
Condaleesa's Diary
Squeaky Clean
The Boy Who Lived Before

Who is that Girl with Krishna?
Kurminos Pizza
Foxy Lady
Banana Halava
Snowed Under
Recipe Cards
Lobster Soup Nonsense
Vegetarian Apostles
The Long and Winding Road
Scoring Goals

 

Blog Archives, August 2007
Oats and Coeliac Disease
Thoughts on Shambo the Bull

What is Asafetida?
Oscar the Cat
Walks on the Path of Devotion
Ethics Test
Brain Cleaner
Another Famous Riposte
The Art of Academic Writing
Bengali Wedding Rice

How to Write More Better
Visit South India with Kripamoya Dasa
Kheer for 250 Guests
Aye, the Bonny Pipes are Calling
Dialogue on Vegetarians, Dogs, and Non-veg Dog Food
Chickpea Masala without Onions

Who Let the Dogs Out?
"And Now, a Woid from our Sponsor..."
Cooking Season
Irving the Jewish Dog
In Memoriam: The Passing Away of My Friend Vrsa
More from the Seniors Portal

Land of Milk and Honey
The Politics of a Turnip
The Mystery of the Bishop's Weed
Ginger Skin

'Tis the Season to be Jolly
The Animal Diaries
Thinai

At the Movies: 'The Art of all Work'
The Clown of God
Warm Foods for Cool Days
Vegetarianism, Ponies and Anorexia Nervosa

Zinc
Bad News from Canada
Good News from Iraq
Eclipsing the Full Moon
Ring! Ring! Hare Krishna!
Black Salt & Boxing Gloves
More Perspectives on Ayurveda

 

Blog Archives, July 2007
Tomato Rice
Eating Out in Tokyo
Deathless
Aspiring Fullness
The Parking Spot
Beans - The World's Most Effective Cough Cure
Seniors Portal

Be Soft and Strong
Rye oh Rye!
Twenty Virtues
Thinkers Anonymous
Keep Those Cards and Letters Rolling In

The Big Question
Moment of Full Consciousness
Classes in Kurma's Kitchen, Perth, August-September 2007
Top of the Charts
Vegetarian World Food Cooking Retreat with Kurma Dasa
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things...

Kitchen Containment Policy
Kitchen Guru
Kurma DVD
The Dental Appointment
The Long Arm of the Law
Eating, Sleeping, Meating and Defending
Concentrate...
Crying over Labeled Milk
Mango Ice Cream
Carbon Footprints
It's a Man Thing
Preserved Lemons
Shambo Lives!
Little Stevia Wonder

Onions and Garlic
Vegetarianism and Weight Loss
Zero Calories, Same Great Risks
Radio Krishna

Hello ... Is Anybody Out There?
Down South
Fenny the Greek

Animal Bones and Sugar
Touche
Sacrificial Calves
My Mullalyup Weekend

 

Blog Archives, June 2007
The Hard News on Soft Drinks
Thanks for Your Patience and Support
Desert Days
Animal Rights, Vegetarianism and Karma-free Living, Part One
Animal Rights, Vegetarianism and Karma-free Living, Part Two
Kurma Curry -
Whey To Go
-
Dairy Life: A Vegan View, and My Response

Saturday Night Fever
Palak Panir
Annatto

To Nuke or Not To Nuke...?
An Open Letter to the Dalai Lama
What the Dalai Lama Ate for Dinner
The Wiggles

Feedback on vegetarianism and buddhism
Homemade Buttermilk  
Hey Little Badi!
Pregnancy, Iron and a Vegetarian Diet
Cakes, Cakes, Cakes...
That Hare Krishna Taste  
Thali  
A Day at Govinda's  
Karma-Free Cookery  
Foodfuzz
Letter from London  

 

Blog Archives, May 2007
Muhallabeya
Kurma's Australia-wide Culinary Teaching Tour May-June 2007
Was Hitler Really a Vegetarian?
Morialta, The Black Boys & Berry Cheesecake
A Day at the Ashram, Kath and Kim, and My Great Vow
Kurma on Parade
Cottage Cheese Report from Minneapolis
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Girls' Night Out
The Ganesh Mandala Experience
Dinner at Norwood
Kitchen Meditations
'The Old Cheese'
Night of the Vegan(s)
Purusottama Masa
Anti-Depression - A Walk in the Park
A Night with Lauren and Ronnie
Roaming Free in Northern New South Wales
The Best Laid Plans...
No News is Good News
Thank You
Sarah Esther Gordon, 18 June 1927 - 24 May 2007
Sarah Esther (Essie) Gordon Funeral Notice

One Hundred Hours Meditation
The Ultimate Beneficiary
Moving On
Barwon, Part One
Kurma Kids
Barwon, Part Two

Blog Archives, April 2007
Pick the Asana
Cooking at Home
Starlight
Humane Killing?
Nineteen Thousand Days    
Happy Easter
More Bang for Your Bucks
Food Additives Linked to Child Aggression
Easter in the Kitchen
Fat Cancer
Universal Justice
The Big Hare Krishna Family
The Kalonji, Nigella, Black Cumin, Black Sesame, Love-in-a-Mist & Onion Seeds Mystery
Curry Fruits
How Fat is Your Country?
Lemonade
The Secret
You Are Not Your Body
Hungry?
Carob
The Fine Print
Stray Pride
Vegetarian World Food Cooking Retreat with Kurma Dasa
Homemade Non-Dairy Yogurt
Inaction in Action
Terrible Truth
More Satisfied Customers
Are Vegetarians Smarter?
Hello, Cupcake!

Okra
Bomboloni

 

Blog Archives, March 2007
The Glories of Bananas
More Bad News about Garlic
A Few Glimpses...
The Morning After
Pasteurization? No Thank You!
The Real KFC
In Memoriam
Recommended Reading
Books, Books, Books
A Walk Down Memory Lane
Moomba 2007
What...?
(At Least) Forty Minutes of Fame
Back Home
Australian Culture
Carrot Cake
Fired up for Four in a Row
Kitchen Marathon Part One
Kitchen Marathon Part Two - There's Prasadam in Them Thar Hills
Kitchen Marathon Part Three - A Day in Maylands
Kitchen Marathon Part Four - A Night in Cottesloe
Scones, anyone?
Practice What You Preach
Lunch at Kurma's
Coals to Newcastle
The Taste One Never Forgets
Forbearance
Hell, No! We Won't Go!
Wonderful Bitter Melon

 

Blog Archives, February 2007
My Early Days
My Early Days, Part 2
Durum Flour vs Semolina
"To Ghee, or Not to Ghee, That is the Question"
My Early Days, Part 3
Peacock Feathers - Darwin's Nightmare
My Early Days, Part 4

Has Anybody Seen Ray?
My Early Days, Part 5
Sourdough Rye Bread
Where Are They Now?
Don't Cry
My Early Days, Part 6
Coconut Oil
My Early Days, Conclusion
Religion You Can Drink
"And the Words of the Prophet are Written on the Subway Walls..."
Thus Spake...
Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Tristearate...
The Genius of Sincerity

Rumour Has it...
Non-Dairy Sources of Calcium
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

Think About it...

Success
A Day at Steve's
Witlof

Kurma Curry

 

Blog Archives, January 2007
Digging Deep
A Good Breakfast
The Krishna Meal
More on Microwaves
Changing Bodies

Cable Guy
Beyond the Pale
Of Empires Past
Does Curry Prevent Alzheimer's Disease?
Complicity
Greek Sweets, and the Birth of a Recipe
Making Cheese - Ask Kurma
Looking for Horta
What is That Taste?
The Many Faces of Halva
Omonia
Mahlepi Revisited
Tiropitakia
The Sanctuary of Poseidon
A Day at Mount Elikon
Little Lamb
The Sweet Lure
Pink & Saucy
Mobile Phones Linked to Brain Tumours
Stressed?
The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup
Alta Cucina Vegetariana
Cutting Boards - Wooden or Plastic?




Blog Archives, December 2006
Oldie but a Goldie
Touchdown Alice
A Day at Greg & Jenny's
Farewell to Alice
Flatus
Morsels and Musings
Shakespearean Insult Kit
Not Happy, Kurma!
More on Turmeric
Collards
A Totally Insufficient Dowry...
Ever Wondered...?
Sunrise Meditations
Middle School Girls Gone Wild
Is Kurma Dasa Actually 'Asafetida Man'?

 

Blog Archives, November 2006
Noise Like Thunder
Bundeena Bash
Goodbye Sydney
Breakfast of Champions
Today in Fitzroy
The Kurma Show
A Pleasant Way to Spend a Sunday
Northern Pastimes
Dinner at Lynette's
A Night at New Farm
Crystal Waters
Goodbye Sunshine Coast, Hello Townsville
Currying Favour

Townsville Part 1
Townsville Part 2
Townsville Part 3
William Angliss