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…
My taste for hot rum developed in my hostel days when we guys used to gather around on most evenings with a bottle or two ( or three or more) of Old Monk. Cola being a lavish extravagance on a student’s budget, the rum was had with steaming hot water procured from the Hostel Bathroom…
I am waiting for the day that I can meet a fat and jolly doctor who says something like: “Go on, have a drink or two daily, eat whatever you want and exercise – yes, yes, that’s important, do some light stretching in bed when you wake up, and that’ll be enough.” My Dr., unfortunately,…
Fairy tales are so naïve. There are tomes written about monsters that are perpetually hungry and need to be fed all the time. Sigh…. No such luck in real life... As far as my experience with real life monsters (I have a 6 year old) goes, they do not eat food and prefer to survive…
This post is courtesy my good friend Himani, who has been teaching us to make cakes since we were students at BITs pilani! Here's the trick for what is possibly the worlds most tasty and healthy cake ( right from the chef's mouth): Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour, 1 cup dates chopped finely,…
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