Archive for June, 2011

Massive News!

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

This is massive. MASSIVE I tell ya! Starting August 1st, Prince William, his bride, his dad and his gran will able to watch me on the telly! And so will the rest of the kingdom ‘cos… Drumroll please… Aarti Party is going to be on Food Network UK! I am so excited… I would NEVER [...]

FOOD NTWK STAR: FREEZE!

Monday, June 27th, 2011

How are you enjoying this season of Food Network Star? I am fascinated! While there is certainly a lot more drama and sandbox-fights-disguised-as-strategy this season, there are a lot of contestants I’m falling for: Orchid’s smile seems to start in her heart and blaze its way into mine. Jeff manages to crack me up (All-Bran [...]

Best Friends and Shucking

Monday, June 27th, 2011

One of the best things about having a best friend is that doing mundane tasks with them seems like fun. Take shucking fava beans for instance. 3 pounds of them. Have no fear. BFF is here. AKA, Bren. First we tear off string that holds the fava bean pod together… Why yes, that is a [...]

Da Crew

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Check out all the fantastic people who make “Aarti Party” happen! Aren’t they fabulous? I had no idea that it would take this many people to put on the show (given that Bren and I were the only “staff” on the YouTube version). But I couldn’t do it without any of these guys. And heck, [...]

Punny Pasta! Fava Bean Pasta with Tamarind & Mint

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

You guys! I got out-punned the other day. Not that it’s hard. I’m not THAT great of a pun’ner but I think I make up for my lack of creativity with my ability to brave the groans that inevitably follow the pun-ishment. See? SEE?!! Anyway. On my Facebook page the other day, I said something [...]

Part of something larger

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Hey guys! I’m back from a trip to Chicago for the Cable Show, where I was touched by a concept that I hadn’t considered before. Susie Fogelson (how awesome is she btw?!) invited me to the annual breakfast hosted by the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC). I think you could say with some [...]

Back!

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

I’m kind of struggling to figure out how to explain what it’s been like with Bren back! First off, thank you all for your kind comments and *gulp*, for your prayers! I’ll admit that I was nervous what I’d find when I ventured out into the wilderness to pick him up; what I found was [...]