Donate for a Heart - A fundraising campaign

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Srivalli of 'Cooking 4 all Seasons' is organising a fund-raising campaign - 'Donate for a Heart' to help Anita Lakshmi, who is sufferring from coronary heart disease.

In Valli's words -

Lakshmi is 28 years old and suffers from Coronary Artery disease. She has two children, aged 3 & 6 and was undergoing treatment in Vijaya Hospital. The entire operation and other costs will go over 5 -6 lakhs (about 15000 USD). Lakshmi needs to be operated within 5-6 months. She is currently prescribed heavy dosage of medicines to sustain. It all depends on how well she responds till then to the medicines. Her health is deteriorating. So we are not sure how stable her condition is.

It was an emotionally moving experience when I visited them. I was daunted by their helplessness and the hope that was lingering somewhere in their look. The children were happy getting a visitor and even got excited posing for a picture. But I am sure the little ones didn't know how serious their mom's condition is. There are many in this condition in India. But we really can't help them all. We can help only those near to us. I hope you will find in your heart to help this cause and give those little children a hope to live!

It a sincere plea to one and all to help and contribute to the event in whatever way they can. You can use the below chip in widget to get your contribution paid safely through Paypal.



There are some exciting raffle prizes to choose from and I am sponsoring an American Heart Association Quick and Easy Cookbook and a lovely Jute Bag for the event.


Shipping: for US only
Bidding price: $25
Code : Siri_AHA Cookbook

Shipping: Only India
Bidding price: $25
Code : Siri_Jute Bag

The last date for this campaign is September 15th 2008.

For more details about the event: Click here.

Have a great long weekend ahead!

signing off,

Siri

MBP September : Say 'Cheese' and am an year old!

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Welcome ppl. I have a reason to be the 'happiest blog' today! I came into this amazing food blogging world exactly an year back and with a modest number 170 posts and 50,000 profile visits....I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of my evolution...:) and wish to have many more in future!

Yours truly,
Siri's Corner (a.k.a Siri)

What better way would be to celebrate this special occasion of mine with a special event announcement.....a birthday bash cum MBP event and the theme is....................

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!---------CHEESE--------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Image Source: Flickr

"How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?"

- Charles De Gaulle, former President of France.

My love for 'CHEESE' is so intense, that I would love to stay in such a country *wink*. No wonder I chose this as the next theme of MBP September.

Yes!.

......Lets 'Say Cheese!' all of next month!..:)

No matter how far archaeological findings go, there is evidence that cheese came into being in prehistoric times and ..this delicious food must have resulted from the simple observation that milk left in a container ends up by coagulating, even more if it is hot...:)

...There are hundreds of different types of cheese that can be differentiated both by the type of milk - raw, skimmed or pasteurised, and by the animal - cow, goat, sheep, buffalo, horse or camel, some specific to their geographical location and culture!
Here is the complete 'cheese' list!

Wanna know some more interesting facts about Cheeses? Click here.

Ok, its time for some 'cheesy' rules for MBP: Say 'Cheese'.

1. Cook up a vegetarian (eggs allowed) dish with any kind of 'CHEESE' as its main ingredient, from any fellow blogger's posted recipes. (Only BLOGS. other cooking or food websites not allowed).

2. Post a picture of the final recipe on your blog linking it to the blogger (whose recipe you made) and to this event post. You can blog about the entire recipe (highlighting the variations you made, if any) or just the final picture.

3. Please link back to this announcement post and Coffee's MBP page in your posts. Feel free to use any of the following event logos.

Say 'Cheese' 1:

Say 'Cheese' 2:

Say 'Cheese' 3:
4. Email the following details to info[dot]siri[at]gmail[dot]com

• Your Name
• Your Blog name and Location
  
• Name of the Recipe
• Permalink of your post
• Permalink of the original recipe
• A 300 X 300 picture of your final dish

....with MBP: Say Cheese as the subject line by Sept 25th 2008.

5. There is no limit to the number of entries that you might want to contribute. If you don’t have a blog and wish to participate, send in the details with your pic to the same email address.

6. All entries should be strictly Vegetarian (Eggs allowed).

The roundup will be posted within a week from the event deadline.

P.S: Please give me 48hours to acknowledge the receipt of your entry. (all thanks to my hectic work schedule.) If you fail to get a response within the stipulated time, leave a comment on this post!

You still have a day or two to send in your entries for August's MBP: Fruit Fare.

[EDIT]: Do check out the fruity fare for the previous edition of MBP, guest hosted by Aparna.

Lets get blog hopping and find some 'cheesy' bites then...

Have a great week ahead!

signing off,
Siri

Happy Birthday India!

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Happy Birthday India!

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