If I said that I have been busy for the last few months, that would be quite an understatement. The blog was started and nurtured in calmer ...

Around where I live, September is usually gorgeous. Lovely warm days with mild evenings, with that feeling of looking forward to fall, but c...

I was reading an article in a food magazine about a southern California food stylist who hosts the most perfect parties by her mansion pools...

One underwhelmed, and the other was a joyous discovery I don't always buy ingredients because I need to. Sometimes I buy something becau...

Lately, I have been feeling very inspired to eat more raw foods, not because of the trendy raw foods diet which seems to have gotten increas...

Last year's strawberry jam was a tremendous success, and it helped me put into practice two things I had always known, or suspected any...

Two Sweet Reviews One of the things I find hard to resist is a good brownie. Full of decadent, buttery, chocolate-y goodness, I usually save...

'Long time no pohe', was the refrain heard around here a few times. I knew it was true, and there was no excuse for it to be true ei...

Even though I started cooking with Quinoa not too long ago , I have managed to use it in several ways since then with enjoyable results each...

For the last few weeks I have been having house guests off and on, and while it has been a lot of fun, having many people at home is also qu...

I mean, the busy judge When the jugalbandits invite you over to be a judge at their prestigious food photography event called 'Click...

with DALimbyAchA masAle bhAt The arusuvai link came to me from thecooker , a blogger whose posts always seem to be about just the kind of he...

The main premise and method for making baasundi might sound innocently simple, but those who have seen how it gets made or tried making it ...

A post waiting since early spring, but better late than never When nature provides most of the flavor, all you need at the most is a little ...

The Alphonsos, also called Haapoos, are here for real this year. Not a patch on what we had back in the days in India, but some consolation....

At a different kind of milestone A few months ago, I completed a year of my blog, and many of you wished me then. However, there is another ...

Ingredients chakli bhaazani water red chili powder, hing, salt oil Method Visit the person who you think makes the best chaklis in the whol...

hirvyaa tomatochi bhaaji Green tomatoes are something I have not seen in supermarkets here, and only rarely in farmers markets, so the only ...

Good friends shouldn't need much of an excuse to get together, but with busy lives and global schedules it can get really difficult to ...

I was playing with the remote to see if anything interesting is going on when I found Barefoot Contessa . I stopped to watch a little, and t...