Quoting Julia Child, a party without a cake is just a meeting. True that I say, even for a tea party with samosas, cutlets, pinwheel sandwiches, scones and jam with clotted cream, croquettes and...
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If you take one of those heritage walks in North Calcutta, you must insist that your guide stops by at Ganesh Da’s hole in the wall food corner in Bagbazar which sells ‘macher kochuri’...
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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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Simplicity is my mantra in cooking. I try to come up with simple un-daunting recipes. I often think of some who are forced to cook, to table good food for their family but who...
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I absolutely adore the nuttiness that Black rice exudes. The fragrance is woody, the taste nutty. I do not even want to discuss the gorgeous purple colour it lends. I have written somewhere before...
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October weather in Mumbai is not much cooler than summer. While it is the festival season and the ladies of the city indulge in their traditional silk which is so different from the otherwise...
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Everyone has grown up with once a week breakfast to be homemade French toasts. They are easy-peasy, wholesome and qualify as soul food. They are probably one of the first dishes one learns to...
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Who does not enjoy the romantic whiff of dark coffee brew? Coffee shops have become a phenomenon. Working, chatting, catching up, meeting, being alone, thinking, doing nothing; all of these qualify for a shortie or...
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