http://www.planetmona.com/ http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/71-shopping/3619-how-to-say-i-love-you http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/71-shopping/3619-how-to-say-i-love-you Thinking of spending Valentine's night cuddled in with a bottle of wine and some yummy cake? Angelica has it all. ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:44:00 -0600 3619 2012-02-02 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3619_HeartCake_1328175860.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3619_Screen shot 2012-02-03 at 09.32.29_1328257920.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/67-politics/3610-malta-a-real-restaurant-story http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/67-politics/3610-malta-a-real-restaurant-story To open a restaurant in Malta there is a slew of legislation you need to follow: MEPA, Food Health and ARMS all make an appearance. But nobody will check if... ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:31:00 -0500 3610 2011-08-22 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3610_Screen shot 2011-08-22 at 20.29.06_1314037902.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3589-mona-farrugias-spelt-pizza-base http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3589-mona-farrugias-spelt-pizza-base Mona Farrugia does a hop and a happy skip around the kitchen as she finally develops the closest ever thing to a low-carb pizza base. ]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:56:00 -0500 3589 2011-07-01 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3589_monafarrugialowcarbpizza_1309521389.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3586-coconut-ice-cream-by-mona-farrugia http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3586-coconut-ice-cream-by-mona-farrugia Mona Farrugia shares her recipe for a brilliant and wonderful coconut ice-cream which requires absolutely no cooking. ]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:12:00 -0500 3586 2011-06-25 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3586_coconuticecreammonafarrugia_1309000334.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/67-politics/3585-restaurant-customer-service-in-malta-still-as-shocking-as-ever http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/67-politics/3585-restaurant-customer-service-in-malta-still-as-shocking-as-ever Did you think this country had made some kind of improvement when it comes to restaurant service? It hasn't. Here is a shocking excerpt sent to us by a reader... ]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:36:00 -0500 3585 2011-06-24 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3585_basilfawlty_1308911816.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3578-double-chocolate-whammy-cupcakes http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3578-double-chocolate-whammy-cupcakes Isn't chocolate just gorgeous? And when it's good quality it is low in carbohydrate too. In other words: low in sugar. Mona Farrugia lauds the joy of the low-carb chocolate... ]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:14:00 -0500 3578 2011-06-10 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3578_coconutchocolatecupcakes_1307729703.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3575-raspberry-mille-foglie http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3575-raspberry-mille-foglie Mona Farrugia indulges in a spot of kitchen wizardry which looks stunning and is very easy to make. Well, almost very easy. ]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:26:00 -0500 3575 2011-06-09 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3575_raspberrymillefoglie_1307622406.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3572-lebanese-leg-of-lamb http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3572-lebanese-leg-of-lamb A leg of lamb can be a thing of absolute beauty: sweet and tender meat, in this case offset by the sharp tang of spice; Mona Farrugia experiments with Lebabon's... ]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:27:00 -0500 3572 2011-06-06 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3572_legoflamb_1307367559.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3351-chef-laliths-pressed-tomato-chutney http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3351-chef-laliths-pressed-tomato-chutney Mona Farrugia spies on Chef Lalith at the gorgeous Soneva Fushi in the Maldives and comes away with this brilliantly simple recipe for Sri Lankan tomato chutney (and a suntan). ]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:10:00 -0500 3351 2011-06-02 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3351_monafarrugiatomatochutneyplanetmona_1293707960.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3353-sri-lankan-rice http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3353-sri-lankan-rice Sri Lankan Chef Lalith from the Soneva Fushi Six Senses kitchen in the beautiful Maldives shows Mona Farrugia how to make a staple part of Sri Lankan 'Rice and Curry' ]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:10:00 -0500 3353 2011-06-01 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3353_monafarrugiariceplanetmona_1293724010.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/79-ingredients/3352-sri-lankan-curry-powder http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/79-ingredients/3352-sri-lankan-curry-powder Sri Lankan Curry Powder by Soneva Fushi by Six Senses chef Lalith. Written by Mona Farrugia. ]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:10:00 -0500 3352 2011-05-30 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3352_monafarrugiawholespicesplanetmona_1293718893.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3383-mona-farrugias-sage-ice-cream http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3383-mona-farrugias-sage-ice-cream Mona Farrugia puts the bushes in her garden to good use with this simple but very good recipe for Sage Ice-cream. ]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 09:00:00 -0500 3383 2011-05-26 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3383_sageicecreammonafarrugiamaltacooking_1295019153.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3383_sagebushmonafarrugiaplanetmona_1295019153.png http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/65-news/3568-stay-and-youre-a-chicken-leave-and-youre-a-chicken http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/65-news/3568-stay-and-youre-a-chicken-leave-and-youre-a-chicken   David Darmanin of Taverna Sugu in Birgu is like a pressure cooker on the divorce issue. He offers all liberals, expats and return migrants spirits at half-price this Sunday, for... ]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 16:16:00 -0500 3568 2011-05-24 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3568_kristuxutt_1306253819.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/65-news/3566-mona-farrugias-favourite-malta-restaurants http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/65-news/3566-mona-farrugias-favourite-malta-restaurants Sun, 22 May 2011 08:53:00 -0500 3566 2011-05-22 http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3555-qarabaghli-mimli-stuffed-marrows http://www.planetmona.com/food-on-planetmona/64-recipes/3555-qarabaghli-mimli-stuffed-marrows Mona Farrugia cooks up a traditional storm with these qarabaghli mimlijin - as they cook your house will fill up with the aroma of Malta. ]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 10:02:00 -0500 3555 2011-05-19 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3555_qarabaghli1_1305799347.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3555_qarabaghli2_1305799347.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3555_qarabaghli3_1305799347.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3555_qarabaghli4_1305799347.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3555_qarabaghli5_1305799347.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3555_qarabaghli6_1305799347.JPG