baTATyAchi bhAji ANI pUri Last year, I was in Delhi for several days under some trying circumstances. Since the reason for being there was g...

Some things begin with a plan, and others happen at random. This time it started with a packet of tofu that was getting close to its expirat...

Serrated Bread Knife A good bread deserves a good bread knife. This is such a simple little thing, that I was hesitant to create a post just...

Saying 'Cheese' Again The path to getting my blood calcium to a normal level was arduous and painful, but hopefully behind me now. O...

Watermelon has been a ritual of summer for me, ever since I was a child. I loved the drama of going to the corner kalingadwallah , first wit...

Two wonderful bloggers tagged me simultaneously for the 7-random-facts meme. When Komal tagged me, I had never seen her blog before, so it ...

The New York Times Praises Ammini's book (Free registration required to read the article) This article written by Anne Mendelson appeare...

It is an irony of fate that soon after I wrote my post declaring my favorite breakfast to be oats, brown sugar and raisins , I received two ...

Flavorful, healthy, fresh, and simple are some of the qualities I strive for in everyday food, but do not like to sacrifice good taste towar...

As I write this post, a google search for 'banana nut bread' gives me 1,290,000 results. I am curious to know how many results w...

'A sanza is always yellow', is the first thing I am likely to hear when I mention yellow sanza. Yes, yes, I know that 'sanza...

When I go out to eat, I usually like to order something that I don't particularly enjoy making at home either because it is too complica...

While reading some of the food blogs, I noticed a lot of them displaying icons for an event called WBB. That sent me searching for what it m...

I mentioned earlier about picking tons of cherries and lugging them home from the orchard. After I gave away a few packets of these fresh c...

Pithale - Bhakri Sandwich Growing up in a big city, having a yard was a dream, and being on a farm was just impossible. In fact there wasn...

Good things come in small packages It would be an understatement to say that chutneys are an integral part of an Indian meal. They come in c...

When a neice called me up a couple of months ago to say that she will be in Vancouver for a project, I immediately started looking for fligh...

Does this look familiar?

When life gives you cherries do you make pickle or jam? In either case, you first need to pit them. I always fancied buying a cherry pitter ...

Around here, the cherries are starting to get ripe and ready. Which means thousands of people will be thronging to various orchards, especia...