I reached Bombay to find 2 big boxes of juicy Mahableshwar strawberries welcoming be back home and back to the kitchen, and resist I could not. While in South Africa, a favourite breakfast for me after returning from sunrise safaris was a bowl full of chilled thick greek yoghurt, with fresh berry compote, muesli and […] Read more…
There is one fail safe person to turn to, when the desire to nurse a gluttonous desire unfurls, and that person is unmistakeably Nigella. My mum and I have spend uncountable afternoons in front of the telly, watching her legitimise all those feelings for food, in her trademarked descriptive kind of way. One of her […] Read more…
There has been a significant amount of chatter, adorationand an inexplicable desire of emulationwhen I see Donna Hay donning this ‘oh so simple’ attitude towards every even not so simple preparation. You fight different battles in different places. My battle is always against the quality and temperature of the dairy products I find here. But […] Read more…
I can see the grey clouds rolling in. Monsoon in the city is my favourite. I think this city was made for it. Here is a wonderful recipe, come rain or shine, quick, light and delicious at tea time, instead of that steaming hot pakoda! Adapted from Donna Hay’s Jam Tarts, my version uses puff […] Read more…
PS: There are no post-torched pictures, because, well quite frankly, we ate them all up before getting a shot! I got a torch. Not a magliteor a blackberry. A blow torch, to brûlée and make everything pretty. I found it in this little storewith kitchen aids of every kind, with bread machines, bread starters, fresh […] Read more…
I am extremely pepped up for my upcoming vacation to Texas and London. Partly because, who doesn’t like a vacation? And the other part is because of the choice of destinations! Firstly- Texas. Quite honestly there is an audible dearth of good, well even decent Mexican and tex-mex in the city. It’s one of those […] Read more…
