(If you’re wondering about this recipe format, check out this post). Wish I had a photo of this beauty to show you, but Bren and I scarfed the whole ding dang jar all by ourselves! Really! I might have to make another batch… shouldn’t cranberries be on sale now? Because they’re oh-so expensive around Thanksgiving? [...]
You may not know this about me, but at the moment, I’m rather obsessed with makeup. I love to watch makeup videos when I’m not scouring Twitter and my Google Reader for the latest food tidbits. A few faves: my beloved Kandee, the irrepressibly cool Pixiewoo sisters, and one of the few Indian makeup tutorial-ists [...]
A few years ago, I was out of work, out of ideas and generally, out of hope. My days consisted of umpteen cups of coffee, sixteen too many re-runs of “Reba”, and cooking. With no news jobs on the docket, I had abandoned my dreams of joining Christanne Amanpour as she took on the Ayatollah. [...]
My friend Karen made the world’s largest batch of mashed potatoes (love you Karen!) for Thanksgiving. It must be a special gift to know just how much mashers to make. Last year, I brought a similarly enormous garlicky bowl of the buttery spuds to a family Thanksgiving, only to find that the host [...]
Hey y’all! How are you? I hope you had a great weekend. I did; it rained here in Los Angeles, which always puts me in a good mood. Especially when we’re watching a good movie or two (Cedar Rapids! Hilarious!), whilst a pot of soup is bubbling away in the oven. Sometimes I’m in such [...]
Are you guys aware of Marcel the Shell? If not, watch the first video, the one that made every viewer’s heart melt into a puddle of chocolate, liquid rainbows and sparkly baby shoes: And now, the second one! Don’t miss the “zzzzzzzzzzz”s…. There’s a picture book too! Too cute! -x- aarti
Someone asked for some ideas for an Indian-inspired Thanksgiving so, I humbly offer you five of my own: 1) Tandoori Chicken or Turkey My recipe would be enough for a whole chicken but you would probably want to double or perhaps triple it for a turkey. In this month’s Bon Appetit, there is a recipe [...]
So many things buzzin’ around the noggin today, so I thought I’d share them with you. 1) Food Mills We’re hosting Thanksgiving this year, a perfect way to warm up our new table (more on that later this week, hopefully!). Since we haven’t had a proper dining table for the past eight years, we haven’t [...]
I come from farming people. My dad grew up on a farm in Mangalore (India), replete with rice paddies, coconut trees and cows. One of my fondest memories is of he and his younger brother waxing nostalgically about waking up before the crack of dawn, downing a cup of steaming tea, then running out to [...]
So, yesterday, I told you guys about the utter joy I got out of growing my own oyster mushrooms using the Back to the Roots mushroom kit. Well, guess what?! If you’d like to try them for yourself, I have a special present for you! Check out the special offer that the co-founder, Nikhil Arora, [...]