I may be finding my feet in the kitchen, but I worry that I have been cursed with a black thumb. Y’all remember my intense, slightly psychotic excitement about the 6 tomato plants I had growing on the patio last summer. They’re all dead. Well except for one wonderfully stubborn fellow, who despite no watering [...]
Drum roll please! The Short Ribs Recipe is finally here! But, a double-dose of quotation marks, you ask? Stick around homies, I’ll explain. As a rule, Bren hates beer. All through college, while others drank that awful watered-down version of the already watered-down Bud, he stuck to coffee and Arizona Iced Teas (especially the Pina [...]
Summer is officially here, and that means it’s mojito time! But not the way you think. Sweet minty-lime cocktail from Havana… meet your root-vegetable soul mate, the humble beetroot. Dress her up in a little lime juice, mint and a hint of fresh ginger, along with some colourful blood orange, and she’s ready to kick [...]
Anyone got a spare, new-ish laptop they wanna give us?! Bren and I have dubbed ourselves “Studio Baba”, after the pet-name we call each other. Studio Baba puts out a LOT of content: Bren’s daily video blog and cinematic tshirts, my daily blog (ahem, I know, I’ve fallen behind!), his 7 shows a week through [...]
I promise that short ribs recipe is coming. I can see you drooling from here. Have some self-respect. Use a napkin. Come on! Heehee just kidding. In the meantime, here’s some more fodder for drooling: what do Nobu, Sponge Bob and sake have in common? They’re all in my show this week!! Have you ever [...]
Guys… I had BIG plans today to post a gorgeous boneless short ribs recipe I conjured up this week. But then I got a last-minute cake order (yeah!) and the plans went out the window. So stay tuned; I will post it tomorrow. Until then, here’s a photo to whet your appetite: -x-aarti
It has come to my attention that I have a thing for greens: Kale Frittata, Crazy Bastard Greens, Lion’s Den Methi (Fresh Fenugreek Leaves), the Ugly Duckling Salad… Perhaps it’s because eating greens just makes you feel better about yourself and life in general. Heck, we know what spinach did for Popeye: not only did [...]
My skin decided to start freaking out a few years ago. So long gorgeous, flawless skin that I took for granted: hello crater-ville. It was awful. I was so embarrassed. But the other day, a friend at church pointed out that my skin looked good, and I realised, Hey! Yeah it is! I mean, it’s [...]
For his birthday last month, Bren treated himself to a day of videogames, and a burger at Father’s Office. Our friend Zandy came over too, so that they could play together. About 20 minutes into their “endeavours”, I snapped this classic photo of what happens to boys when they play video games. Such… focus?-x-aarti
Curries scare the be-geezus out of me. The curry is the backbone of Indian cooking. Ladle a spoonful into your mouth and a Bollywood musical number verily opens up before your eyes, rickshaw gas fumes flood your nostrils and the soliciting calls of street-hucksters (“hey madam! take, for 20 rupees only!”) ripple through your memory’s [...]