Today is Valentine’s Day 2020. Honestly, it makes no difference to my life. It never really did. Once we got married, both heaved a sigh of relief at our individual nonchalance at this designated...
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Recipes
Beetroot is a taproot vegetable which people either love or they hate. I am hoping if the haters read some interesting trivia about it, they might be drawn to the vegetable. One being that...
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Guess who was a pickle merchant before he discovered the land of plenty? Amerigo Vespucci, on whom ‘America’ was named, was a pickle merchant before he became an explorer. What were the odds? Clearly...
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Honestly I am not a fan of fusion. I am not one to judge anything, but when I see a result of fusion in any concept of art or work I quietly swallow my...
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Mala of Malabar is a Malyalam word which meals hill. Bar is a Persian word which means kingdom. Kerala had trade relations with Arab countries, hence the Persian influence. Teak, gold and spices used...
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While we do know that cabbage with vinegar is considered as a good hangover remedy, there is a cabbage lore which probably precedes this remedial tactic. The lore goes as that Egyptian pharaohs would...
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Every Christmas I make meat balls in cranberry sauce. It is really a regular in my kitchen at the end of the year. The funny thing is that when presented with the idea of...
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There cannot be a Christmas month which is done without a kitchen zipping out a bread pudding or an apple pie at least once in the thirty days. On the 24th night, a traditional...
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An interesting trivia is that oranges appeared in the Christmas hamper sent out by the English monarchy in Queen Victoria’s times. It must be because oranges appear during this season and they are rather...
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