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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, 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
Cards and Letters
Human Rights Violations in Kazakhstan

 

Blog Archives, October 2006
Home on the Range...
'Ask Kurma'

Classical Indian Sweets
Khichari and the Office Lunch Follow-up
Cream Puffs?

Moishe and the Mule
Homemade Sambar Masala
Korma in Japan
Big Cooks
The Higher Taste
Give 'em Moist Curry!
Self CPR

Touchdown South Australia
Sounds Fishy to Me
Welcome to Clare Valley
Outdoors on Parade
Lumpy and Grumpy
Getting my Co-ordinates
Sounds Like a Cayote
The Road to Tamworth
A Day with Grandpa
Foodstuff
Pakoras Galores
Letters of Appreciation
Dinner at Froog-Moore
Rennet
Last Night in Tamworth

 

Blog Archives, September 2006
A Scent of Italy
Life in the Raw
Jewish Veg
Tea for Two
Italy Revisited
The World of Rice Puddings
Nurturing and Uplifting Leadership
Gözleme Revisited

Think About it....
Dukkah
Argumentum ad Hominem

Garlic: Toxic Shock
Jalebis

"Degustation, anyone?"
Polenta
The Soul


Blog Archives, August 2006
By the Time I Get to Phoenix...
Bookshop Bliss
Phoenix Temple, Jungle Drums, Roti Aunts, and Water Frogs
Thatched & Dispatched
Chilling in Midrand
What's the Beef?
The International Hotel School Cooking Marathon
In Search of the Big Five
Happy Birthday Balarama
West Soyed Story
Team Jo'Burg

My Day at Kruger - Four Out of Five Ain't Bad
Weathering the Storm Ahead

Back to Europe?
One of Our Blogs are Down
Welcome to Slovenia
Terrorist Attack Update
Back in the Groove
Relish!

Out and About in Ljubljana
Holy Food and a Trip to Lake Bled
A Visit to Turkey
Welcome to Istanbul
Bunkered in Bakirkoy
Barisa Rock

Gozleme, Locum, Simit and a Good Lie Down
ZMSA
ZZZagreb
Getting Very Near the End
The Long and Winding Road....

 

Blog Archives, July 2006
Let's Get Started!
Ground Zero
Sunday Success
The History of Château de Petite-Somme
The Genius of Sincerity
Feeling Hungry?
Lighten Up...

Got to Admit it's Getting Better
A Letter from Utah
Encounters Mainly of the Bovine Kind
One Hour in Warsaw
In the Gutter

Off to Poland
On the Road in Poland
Calm before the Storm
Festiwal Indii - Ustronie Morskie Day 1
Behind the Scenes
Festiwal Indii - Ustronie Morskie Day 2
Cherry Season

Off to Kolobrzeg
Festiwal Indii - Ustronie Morskie Day 3
Kolobrzeg Day 1 - Wielki Ekstaza!
Kolobrzeg Day 2 - The Fun Continues

Kolobrzeg Day 3 - The Finale
Mrzezyno - Another Opening, Another Show
Fruit Break

Fun by the Sea
Baltic Bliss
Intercity Express
Bye Bye Baltic
Into Africa
Touchdown Durban

Full Speed Ahead
Focaccia Comin' At Ya
Durban Cooking Day # 3
Not Hard to Swallow

Aum
Good Morning Sunshine, the Earth Says Hello
Savouries and Chutneys Workshop
Hard to Swallow
The Vegetable that Ate Durban

 

Blog Archives, June 2006
"Indian Shared Table" at de Studi
Sprouted Mung
Last Night in Townsville
Townsville Tamarind

I'll be Back
"These Are a Few of my Favourite Things..."
A Moment of Levity
Ripening...

Old Stomping Grounds
"You can get anything you want, at Gopal's Restaurant"
Mango & Strawberry Crisp
Weekend Australian Magazine
Rice Pudding - a Potted History
Food of the Gods
Give us This Day our Daily Khichari
Of Mangoes, Men & Leadership
El Prólogo
Onion Seeds
Taking Stock
Sahlep
Now THERE'S a Good Idea...

The Art of War
Simplicity
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Mind Control

Anzacs
A Day in Bangkok
A Feast for the Eyes
Laying Low at the Château de Petite-Somme

 

Blog Archives, May 2006
Questions, Questions...
Dairy-free Wheat-free Cooking
Pudla
A Day at Holmesglen
Tertiary and Further Education
My Day at Brown Hill

Relish
See More at Seymour
Reporting for Duty
A Letter from Mozambique
Surf's Up!
Fool's Paradise
Mother's Day at Bell's Beach
William Angliss

Over Hill, Over Dale...
A Letter from Cape Town
Canberra Institute of Technology
Grandpa Kurma

Happy Birthday Blog
Why I Write
Orange Regional Cooking School
Mirth
Cooking with Kurma in Belgium
My Day at Wingham
"Vegetarian World Food" at Townsville


Blog Archives, April 2006
Mars Bars
Don't Cry

Chickpea Curry
Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Tristearate...
The Vitamin B12 Issue
Mr Sweet Potato Head

Somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota...
Happy Birthday Lord Rama
Fasting and Feasting
How Sweet it is....
Culture Club
The Divine Presence
Feijoas
Homemade Raspberry Jam
Quest for Authenticity
Egg Replacement in Cakes
Great Vegetarian Dishes
Happy Easter
Here We Go Again
Gettin Figgy Wid It

What's for Lunch?
Fennel
Ginger and Cancer
Letter from Nigeria
The Daily Grind

Big Night in Bunbury
Inycsiklando Vegetáriánus Etelek
Wonderful Bitter Melon
Fry Me to the Moon

Got me Thinking....
Procrastinators of the World Unite!
Dis Man Can Rap

Asafetida

 

Blog Archives, March 2006
Asafetida
Buckets of Basil

Famous Last Words...
Killing Vegies
Hot off the Press!

Quote of the Day
Silk
Wounded Planet
Meat and Colon Cancer
A History of Violence
Muhallabeya
Self Interest

Moomba
Fenugreek

What's for Bloody Dinner?
The Dream

Currying Favour
Rasgoolas
Hummus
Kitchen Gem
Singoda

Expanding Planet
Healthy Feasting
Here Comes the Sun
Errata
The Long Arm of the Law
Feast at Bull Creek
Strawberry Cream Shortcake
Brahma-Muhurta - The Time of Rising from Bed
Advice
The Final Check List
Santa Maria Photo Essay


Blog Archives, February 2006
Cookware
The Big Day Out, Perth
A Salty Question
Mother Nature's Gifts
Johns Hopkins Teflon Dangers Report
UWA

Tea for Two
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Pacific Meditations

Message for a Suffering World
Yeast-free Bread