Trying out Chicken Saltimbocca…

Ok, here;s a recipe that I improvised from Rouxbe (http://rouxbe.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&type=recipes&q=chicken+saltimbocca)  It's much easier to cook recipes from cookbooks and websites now : 1) Ingredients are now more easily available and 2) The authors make sure they provide the Indian name, or a recipe to make something (so there are recipes within recipes)... it still took much longer than I…

The Return of the Icons

So, here I am - with the second instalment of iconic food joints across the country. There was a mild frisson of controversy over the first instalment (read it here) as the venerable JAP pointed out Mocambo had much better food than Peter Cat and a senior colleague was quite distressed that Gajalee hadn't featured.…

Risotto with smoked chicken and veggies – recipe

With risotto and me, it wasn't love at first bite. Of the three 'great' staples of Italian cuisine - pizza, pasta and risotto (yes I know there's antipasti, prosciutto, panini, lasagna and whatnot, but you know what I mean), risotto was the last one that I was introduced to. Growing up in Delhi, pizza was…