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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On a busy day, I turn to eggs. You know that from here, don’t you? I can eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and crack a couple for dessert if I feel like it. But the reason I really, really love them is that they cook so quickly and lend themselves to so many […]
[ Continue Reading... ]As the car drove out and onto the flyover, she let out a small sigh. She was far away from home now—far enough, anyway. Away from the toddler meal planning dilemmas and the maids and the general mundaneness of life. Now, she was too far to turn back and check if her daughter had finally […]
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There are some things I absolutely must, always have in my fridge–cilantro, coconut, yogurt, lemons, and dosa batter. If even one of these is absent, I get nightmares about having hordes of guests and not being able to serve them anything. If I have these fridge essentials, I can breathe easy. Dosa batter. I don’t […]
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There are some things that you must have when you’re entertaining. For me, it is this salsa. It is a ridiculously easy thing that you can make even a day in advance and serve to hungry guests, and get much more than just a pat on the back. Best as a cocktail snack. I serve […]
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If you’re from Bombay, you’re probably also up right now, wondering what happened to the city. Wondering why, out of the blue, our beloved city is targeted yet again. Wondering what we did to deserve this, and if it will ever be possible to let a loved one go out for a casual walk without […]
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You know how, as children, we never liked grown-up cookies? Spiced, low sugar, bitter-ish cookies that looked so unappetizing? I mean, at least compared to the sugary, jam-filled, crazy colored cookies that came in plastic packs of psychedelic colors? Yeah, those. I’ve never been much of a biscuit/cookie person. As you know from here and […]
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