My husband travelled to India back in May and, given my love of cookbooks and food writing in general, brought me back a couple of books that I have been making my way through. I just finished the first one called India on my Platter. It is by Saransh Goila who basically won India’s version…
So, Indian cuisine is generally not big on salads. There are vegetables a plenty on the offer but they are generally of the cooked variety. The closest thing you see as an ode to raw veggies is a simple plate of sliced cucumber, tomato, and radish liberally doused with lemon juice and sprinkled with tangy…
This is my favorite time of year to eat fruit. All the berries and stone fruit are arriving in stores and markets, not to mention the mangos! I really have to restrain myself around the mangos. And the love for them is seemingly genetic because my kids can’t get enough of them either. My favorite…
Some of the tastiest evenings of my childhood start with my Dad at the stove filling the house with the smell of of browning onions and spices. This was always a dead giveaway that we were having company for dinner. Rice in itself was somewhat of a special treat – usually we ate whole wheat…
At the beginning of my Whole30, the thing I probably missed the most was cheese. So when I stumbled upon Nom Nom Paleo’s recipe for macadamia nut “ricotta” I was pretty excited. It is a cinch to make in the food processor and requires less than five ingredients. During the Whole30, I used it to…
Growing up in a vegetarian Indian home meant that there was no meaty piéce de resistance like a standing rib roast when we entertained. If my mom wanted to step it up a notch, she would serve vegetables whole. The two examples that come to mind immediately for me are her whole roasted cauliflower that…
I visited Mumbai for the first time back in 2011 and despite only the one visit, it remains my favorite Indian city. My husband, Arjun’s sister was living there at the time and we took our (then) baby boy, Shiv on his first trip to India to visit Arjun’s family. Mumbai charmed me with its seaside…
Before I was on the Whole30 my breakfast would be either some sort of egg (boiled being the go-to) or oatmeal plus fruit. Since I can’t currently eat grains, I have been eating a lot of eggs. The easiest way to do this and still get out the door on time is by making a…
Towards the end of last year I started hearing about a newish way of eating called the Whole30. Now I am not a diet kind of gal. I believe all foods have a place in your life in moderation. Or at least I did. What convinced me to look into the Whole30 was that really…
I have a confessions to make….I am a hoarder….of cookbooks. Much to my husband’s dismay I have a rather large collection of cookbooks that only seems to be expanding. It doesn’t help that up until very recently, my sister worked at a major New York publishing house and would send me a box of free…