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The “accountability group”

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Did you watch last Sunday’s episode, “What Storms May Come”? The one where I talked about feeding my accountability group? I’m not a big fan of the term. It’s such a cold phrase to describe such a vital, beating part of my life… a part of my life that really and truly got me to [...]

Spice World!

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

A few of you may have read about the ceiling-to-floor spice rack my husband and his Uncle Dan built for me, whilst I was doing my victory lap in New York a couple of weeks ago. See, I have tons and tons of spices, all crammed into one shelf of my tiny cabinet. They are [...]

Dilemma

Friday, August 27th, 2010

The 10pm chocolate craving has struck. Too late to go out and get some — I’m comfy on my couch, and unwilling to move after a glass of wine. Too early to go to bed and pretend it’s not happening. Aghghghghghggh! In other news, I found this photo of Bren and I when he came [...]

“winner”

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Wow. What a whirlwind. I watched the finale with a few friends and family on Sunday night at a great bar called The Village Idiot here in LA. The next morning, I was up at 7am to start doing interviews over the phone, which I did until noon, then I packed a bag and Bren [...]

It’s my new show!

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

If you haven’t seen it, here’s the promo for my show! Starts this Sunday at 12p (ET) on Food Network! -x- aarti

1300 emails!

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Yup, that’s how many new unread emails I have right now, not including all the wonderful messages you guys are spoiling me with (I still have 590 comments to get through, at the time of writing!). So please, bear with me as I sort through everything, whilst doing a bunch of press here in New [...]

Wooooooooooohoooooo!

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

I mean what else is there to say? Thank you so much everyone! And of course, thank you sweet Father! You are too kind! -x- aarti

You, the test kitchen

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

I know how off-putting Indian food may appear to some of you. There’s all the spices, the weird names that don’t roll off your tongue easily, and those overly spicy dishes you may have tried at an Indian restaurant. Or at least that’s what people want you to think. Or more accurately, want me to [...]

Tandoori Chicken Sauce (Tested!)

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

NB: Recipe updated with correct yogurt and oil amounts! Thanks guys for catching that! Also, I should mention that traditionally, we use red and yellow food colouring to get that nice bright orange colour. If you’re opposed to food colouring, then don’t feel obliged — it’ll still taste good. But if you’re going for authentic, [...]

2 more episodes!!

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

I can’t believe this is all going to be over in 2 weeks. This Sunday: Iron FRICKIN’ Chef! Check it: -x- aarti