• 02 May 2019
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This week on Ethical Life with Amritaa De Silva - Miss World Sri Lanka we try our hand at making pumpkin soup with vegetables and roast paan!

  • 11 April 2019
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Aluwa is a simple yet delicious sweet that has to be on an Avurudu table!

  • 10 April 2019
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During the Sinhala New Year season, almost all houses are filled with Avurudu kavili. Here is an easy recipe of Handi Kawum that Sonali made for the L

  • 06 June 2018
Ethical Life: Rice Salad with Crunchy Vegetables

This week on Ethical Life with Amritaa De Silva, we make a hearty and healthy rice salad using some of the best rice from Saaraketha Organics.

  • 17 May 2018
Ethical Life with Amritaa De Silva

Ethical Life is Food Factor’s latest vegetarian and vegan column curated by Amritaa De Silva. She is a young and energetic Miss World Sri Lanka wh

  • 11 April 2018
A Simple Recipe for Kesari this Avurudu

It is one of those things that I used to wait impatiently till my friends from school brought to share with us after the New Year celebrations. Since

  • 11 April 2018
Feast with Bibikkan this Avurudu!

Coconut cake famously known as Bibikkan isan essential at your Avurudu table. Just like you can’t celebrate Christmas without Christmas cake, Avurud

  • 15 February 2018
Sri Lankan Love Cake Recipe

Jayani C. Senanayake is a food blogger at www.peckishme.com and an internationally published poet & writer who by day, is a professional marketeer on

  • 22 December 2017
Vegan Ginger Spice Cookies

Vegan Ginger Spice cookies sound like the perfect Christmas treat to keep for Santa under the tree! Green Magic helped us whip up this delicious recip

  • 22 December 2017
Christmas Pavlova

Life Online got together with Randula from Recipe for Disaster to bake a Christmas inspired Pavlova. Maybe you too can bake this for Christmas!

  • 18 December 2017
The Startup Cook – Dark Chocolate Pudding

hristmas Pudding with a hefty dollop of Brandy Butter is the dessert that I look forward to all year. It’s a genius combination that is not only del

  • 06 December 2017
Calorie Lab - Cucumber & Spinach Smoothie

If you are a health freak you will love this smoothie as it is packed with nourishment and nutrients! The rest of us may need a little more convincing

  • 16 November 2017
The Startup Cook – Christmas Cookies

Is it just me or is everyone feeling Christmas a little earlier than usual? Certain stores in Colombo are already decorated, Christmas sales have begu

  • 05 October 2017
Café Français

Café Français opened its doors in Colombo in November 2014. I must admit that I didn’t venture that way due to the notion that it was a high end r

  • 02 October 2017
For the Love of Nutella

If anyone can honestly tell me that they are not a fan of Nutella I will die! (I won’t but well I will be truly surprised!) It may not be the health

  • 02 October 2017
The Startup Cook – Apple and Carrot Soup

These days the weather has not been conducive with my body. I am constantly coughing and wheezing away. As a result, I have been turning to warm bever

  • 29 September 2017
For the love of Nutella!

Jithendri is back with her recipes right in time for weekend. Let’s start with something sweet, shall we?

  • 08 September 2017
The Startup Cook – Omelette and Potato Curry

There are a few reasons for the development of this delicious curry.

  • 07 September 2017
The Startup Cook – Peanut Brittle (Homemade Pani Kaju)

It isn’t often that I crave for ‘Pani Kaju’. But recently I did and luckily I was already in a supermarket when these salivating thoughts of Pan

  • 22 August 2017
For the love of Faluda!

Here is Jithendri’s recipe for a sweet faluda drink!

  • 21 August 2017
Memorable goodies at Goodies

Goodies at Cinnamon Lakeside is a gem in the city – the coffee shop has been around for ages although it wasn’t always as spacious as it is now an

  • 12 August 2017
The Startup Cook – Chicken Samosa

Ever since my diagnosis of a potential ulcer, I have been attempting to eat healthier. However there are times only when an oily treat would do the tr

  • 04 August 2017
For the love of Grapes!

I had never tried fresh grape juice till a couple of years ago even though I have seen it on many menus before. I was afraid of how it will taste.

  • 28 July 2017
For the love of Ginger

Ginger, one of my all-time favourite ingredients. The flavour is so unique and exceptional that I like it in everything from cakes to drinks and chick

  • 21 July 2017
For the love of Jelly!

Growing up I was a huge fan of Jelly. I still am! I can eat an entire bowl of strawberry jelly as a meal and be content. So when one of my cousins int

  • 14 July 2017
For The Love Of Faluda

About a month back, it was that time of the year where faluda was offered to you in abundance. I for one never get tired of it. It is one of the simpl

  • 06 July 2017
For The Love Of Chicken Wings

Who doesn’t love a big plate of chicken wings? Sometimes, what’s being served at famous restaurants can be overrated. And even if you have a favou

  • 04 July 2017
Veg Heroes: Eggplants

If there was ever a vegetable that was forced on me it is the brinjal. I never liked the mushy content inside, but over the years my mother found a wa

  • 30 June 2017
The Startup Cook - Eggs in Purgatory

There is something magical about good tasty food. When you’re feeling blue, a plate piled up with your favourite food can instantly switch your mood