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, [...]
I don’t have much of a green thumb. I can grow things, but then I get bored or I forget about them. Quite callous that way, now I think about it. As soon as the plant starts to go awry, I walk away. Bren is all about nursing it and attending it. He can’t believe [...]
At the beginning of the year (side note: holy joe! This year has whizzed right by!), Bren and I went to the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. One of the demos I knew I didn’t want to miss was of course, that handsome lad, Jamie Oliver. At first blush, Jamie’s boy-man appeal is apparent: [...]
If you’ve blessed me by coming to any of my cooking demos recently, then you may have heard me talking about how Indians, or at least the Indians in my family, often think that all good things, all civilized things, all things worth lauding… originated in India! Whether it’s the decimal point, the number zero, [...]