The benefits of eating kale are now much published and touted everywhere. As someone who enjoys eating all kinds of greens, I do not need...

I have never been one to catch onto trends quickly. It is no surprise then that I went to my first Zumba class only a few months ago. In fa...

It has been a little over 6 years since I started blogging. So many things have changed during this time, in life and work, in the world of...

Everything I learned about " ridge gourds ", I learned online. This might sound like an exaggeration, but it is very close to the...

When I made Rhubarb Chutney not too long ago, I kept aside a stalk for an experiment that I had in mind. It turned out so wildly successful...

On 'Evolving Notes' , I have written about various fruit chutneys that I have made, mostly inspired by the recipes from 'My Bomb...

I truly vanished from the blogging scene. If one can say that I was ever on the scene at all. The reason for not posting much wasn't any...

Until today, I did not know her name. I read her posts with interest, and she always had warm, thoughtful and positive things to say on my ...

'Easy' is a relative word, and so I should start off by qualifying that this is the easiest of all the chhole recipes that I have tr...

When I refer to my salads on this blog, or while talking to friends, I am asked to write up something about them for ideas and inspirations....

Busy Evolving! From the silence on this space it is probably obvious that I have been too busy with other things to post anything here. It w...

Tomato, Mozzarella, and Basil salad Several weeks ago, a young couple came over for dinner at short notice. They were in the area, and t...

Right now, there are four types of tomatoes on the kitchen counter. There are tiny cherry tomatoes, colorful heirlooms and no-name cooking t...

Good local tomatoes are starting to come into the market now, and while the heirlooms and other colorful ones are excellent for using raw, t...

I have been making versions of this dessert for a long time now. It is a simple and classic combination of a cake or cookie base, strawberr...

and other stories, including eggs on eggs There are a few women that I would like to adopt as my aunts have adopted as my aunts, but they j...

Is there such a thing as 'too easy'? One of my grandfather's friends has a small mango canning and preservation enterprise. They...

Sweet and sour eggplants in creamy nut sauce I said a big hurrah recently because it seems like 'baby eggplants' season has started ...

Some people have a sweet tooth. I think I have several. I was never one to say no to anything sweet, and it runs in the family, so it wasn...

In all these years, I can hardly recall having made 'cutlets'. I am referring to the very Indian 'vegetable cutlets', which ...