It takes me a while usually to compose myself a good deal of writing here, that's if I have stayed too long away from thinking or haven't perched my fingers on the keyboard for a while. Although this not being the case always, I still feel like a sophomoric with words, for today. Where do I begin? What do I tell you? We are past a week since the 4th of July and I hope you had a wonderful ...
Over the past 2 months that we have been here in the US, I have baked only once. And that was when these Banana Cardamom Muffins were made, much on demand by my husband. While banana bakes don't make it to the list my top favorites, I love baking with them and I am now slowly getting closer to loving and appreciating them too. I have come to appreciate the way bananas lend an inherent ...
Today, my daughter and I decided to walk to the mall. With less than 3 days for us to head back to India, she insisted on an outing that I could not disobey. She has her favorite spot in the mall. Its the 4 buggy cars for toddlers, each in blue, pink, yellow and white that stand in a queue by their sides, their fascinating shapes and colors pompous enough to draw any child's attention. ...
I was five years old when my mother first enrolled me into learning dance. The classical one - Bharatanatyam. It was in suburbs of Bombay (the then Mumbai) that my mother conscientiously learnt driving our first blue Fiat car to drop and pick me from those dance classes after school. I spent 3 years attending those after-school classes with deep rancor and resentment. My pale memories ...
For a long time I did not come across a lemon cake, a lemon tart or a lemon pudding that really deserved an applause. At least not until last week. On occasions where I tried the lemon cheesecake from the best of the restaurants served as a part of their buffet menu in Bangalore, it was terribly disappointing; all failing to leave the lasting impression that would instigate my taste buds ...
In zeal of year end celebrations, it’s the piquancy of winter season that makes the last leg of the year very commemorative. We live in a country that swears by warm, sunny weather through most part the year, so when December welcomes you with gusty cold winds you yearn for, you can’t ask for something better! Apt for the season, it’s cold these days and the days are shorter. A bit of ...
