It’s the very beginning of June and it already feels like the familiar hot and humid summer in DC. The air is thick and still and despite the a/c cranked up to its maximum capacity, the house never seems to feel cool during the day. We have a lot of sky lights in the house and although I love...
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Review of Satay Sarinah (restaurant)
My friends and regular readers know that even though I’m Indian and I grew up in India and now I’m an American citizen and have lived in the US for close to three decades, if I had the choice, I’d like to live in Indonesia. I love everything about that place (except probably the traffic in Jakarta). I love...
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Review of Ally’s Kitchen – A Passport for Adventurous Palates
Writing a review for anything is usually supposed to be an exercise in objectivity and balanced judgement. But for me writing an objective review for Ally Phyllips’ debut cookbook is a virtual impossibility. So I will have to declare at the very outset that I’ve been a fan of Ally’s for years. I met Ally through my blog about...
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Beet Salad with Dried Figs and Feta
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted a new recipe on my blog. I’ve been quite dejected since facebook has instituted the policy of severely limiting the number of viewers for each post. Of course, facebook wants to increase its revenue and wants bloggers to pay to get views but the problem is that most food bloggers aren’t...
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Roasted Romanesco Cauliflower with Couscous
Have you seen any of Rotam Ottolenghi’s cookbooks? He is an Israeli chef based in London who has written several books (also runs several restaurants and also a take-out deli in some of the swankiest parts of London) but my favorite are the two vegetarian cookbooks called Plenty and Plenty more. What I really love about his style of...
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