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Divya Pramil from Youtoocancookindianfood.blogspot.com posted a very interesting challenge. She divided the Indian subcontinent into two geographical teams – North Indian, and South Indian – in a cook off where members of each team will recreate a dish that is hosted…
Right after I started blogging, I came across a blog that was called Coffee and Crumpets. It caught my crumpets like no other. Belonging to generation of Indians whose grandparents served the British, albeit unhappily, we grand kids picked…
Early last year, I assured my younger son Imp Jr, that he could have a Pool Party for his birthday. It would have to be in June, three months after his actual birthday, because it would be too cold…
“Can I have a BELT ?” rasped a very big man with a voice that sounded like it was coming out of a hollow tube. “You mean a BLT, sir?’, asked the cashier. “No, I meant a BELT. Roger…
A few years ago, we were walking down a street by the Boston Park. It was a weekend afternoon, during the first few days of a brand new spring. The green was everywhere – the dewy, translucent green that graces…
We went for a day trip to a place called Varanasi, in India. This was ages ago, when I was still a pony tailed middle-schooler and not taken seriously by anyone – kids or adults. Varanasi is beautiful. One…
At dentist office, the doctor informed me that she would have to extract a broken tooth out of my younger son’s mouth . The rest of the broken half was sitting in a big cavity that needed to be removed.…
A while ago, on a Friday morning of a long weekend, a little birdie’s husband announced, ” Mr X and his family are coming to dinner. I was speaking with them, and realized we haven’t met in a long…
This post is all about Power Foods. I am a part of this exceptionally talented blogging group that showcases a Power Food each week. The Power Food ingredient each week is based on the book Power Foods: 150 delicious recipes…
Once my Dad was posted in the northern part of Punjab, a small state in the north-west India, that also borders Pakistan. The people of Punjab are famous for their flamboyant style, hospitality, zest for life and of course…
Have you had a chance to visit Nazneet at Coffee and Crumphets? You haven’t? Oh dear! You have NO idea how much you are missing out on. Nazneen makes cooking at home look glamorous, and yet so at home.…
Winter holidays as a child meant visits to the extended family and a never-ending brouhaha with cousins and their friends, who of course would also become our friends by default for that short duration. It also meant…
Long back, there was a little girl who loved rain coats. She thought it made everyone who wore it out in the rain look super cool and chic (I have no clue why she thought chic….then I have little…
My Koi pond is frozen. Last two days, my brain had frozen over in the biting cold. Literally. Today, as the golden morning sun kissed the snow sprinkled trees of my backyard, it compelled me to shake myself up…
It took us 48 hours, exact, from door to door, flying back from India to USA. Kid you not, my kid was whimpering by the end of it. We stood for over 3 hours at the Kolkata immigration. We…