Being a work-from-home-mum has its disadvantages. You tend to switch on the laptop shortly after you’ve brushed, hoping to check your email before the rest of the house wakes up—just so you can plan your tasks for the day when you’re still sane. And that’s not even the tip of the iceberg. After responding to …
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One of the foods Amma offered me when I was ill or generally low, was a fruit bun and a mug of hot Bournvita. It always picked me up because it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside–it is only now that I realize it’s all because of the carbohydrates! Anyhow. I’ve been down …
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Last month, I wrote my first Marathi food article for a leading Marathi daily, Loksatta. For those of you who wrote in and called with such encouraging feedback, thank you! Here’s the translated article for those of you who don’t read Marathi. (And here’s the link to the original article.) On a bored evening in …
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Almost by reflex, the first thing I tend to do the moment I jump out of bed is go check on my plants. Even before I brush or bring in the newspaper and milk. Those are my first few moments of calm before the day hurls itself at me–before the rest of the family is …
[ Continue Reading... ]One fine evening last week, Avanee was eating rice with me as we watched our favorite show on television. (No, it wasn’t CBeebies; it was a regional Marathi serial that is probably inappropriate for her age but she likes to see the old grandmother in it…there I go justifying myself again.) We polished off a …
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Being born into a Maharashtrian Brahmin family usually means eating chincha-gulachi aamti (tamarind and jaggery based lentils) at least thrice a week. We have tongues that jiggle at the mere thought of tamarind. I love my chaat (Indian street food) a little heavy on the sonth or meethi chutney made from dates and tamarind. When …
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I’ve got a lot of feedback on my Baguette post–readers telling me they loved the recipe and that they are slowly warming up to the idea of baking their own bread at home. I’ve had a friend write in and tell me that she made the baguette for the first time and her son loved …
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