Things to do when life (or your friends who whisk you away to their farm house with lemon trees) gives you lemons: Firstly, and most importantly, take pictures of the lemons. Zest some of the lemons so you can use the zest and the juice in different things. Make some lemonade (see feedback below), to […] Read more…
Last week was Holi, the festival of colour. Holi is one of my favourite Indian festivals, and not to mention holidays! But alas, this year was a no show on my part, on account of my wisdom teeth extraction surgery (yes, ouch!). But that didn’t keep me from celebrating Holi, with a little burst of […] Read more…
I’ve done this before, but that time was a bit of a struggle, in comparison to this. After I was done, I was quite jittery, as I didn’t feel like I had baked at all. It almost got over too quick. I started somewhere around quarter past 11 at night, and by the stroke of […] Read more…
I don’t need an excuse to eat strawberries. But trying different combinations with it are always delightful. So as is the norm in the culinary world, certain foods really do pair exceptionally- e.g. apple and cinnamon, orange and dark chocolate, etc etc. Adding to the list is strawberry and balsamic. Marinate the strawberries in balsamic […] Read more…
Sounds insanely comforting. And it is, with a steaming cappuccino, purely heavenly. I’ve never baked banana breads before, let alone any kind of bread. This is more of a cakey recipe, than bready. And the coffee just adds a tinge of maturity to the bread, hardly giving a whiff of the caffeine content (or maybe […] Read more…
Taking inspiration from the Kitchn (yet again!) and the Pioneer Woman, I attempted to put on my baking apron (I still managed to get flour all over me) and whip up these delicious little pieces of heaven. Warm, comforting and rich. Just don’t ask about the number of butter sticks it cost me! I went […] Read more…
