February 27, 2007 – 7:43 am
I have been temporarily distracted from the theme of cooking from cookbooks by a trip to visit my littlest sister at University of Warwick.
She is soon to be a bona fide Bollywood starlet with a coveted film role alongside some really great actors. I could name them, but then I’d have to come after you [...]
February 23, 2007 – 1:13 pm
Wedged between a smelly armpit and a raving lunatic on the underground this morning, my eyes nearly popped out when I read news of the Best of Brit Blog 2007 awards.
An award? For Blogs? In Britain? How fantastic.
Not like I bet money on winning anything. I grew up winning consolation prizes for failing to win [...]
February 21, 2007 – 3:37 pm
Sense and sensibility were not the key focus of this week. My nutritionist has forbidden sugar consumption. So I loaded myself until 3:00am with alcohol and msg instead. In Soho. While jet lagged.
I sobered up quickly when I read about fellow UK blogger who recently bagged a 70,000 pounds sterling publishing deal for a book.
I [...]
February 19, 2007 – 3:40 am
I grew up loving bhindi or okra but it wasn’t one of those vegetables I could drop into my shopping trolley at the local supermarket.
Until recently.
When my mother was here last summer, she let out a high-pitched yelp on first sighting of okra or lady finger at the supermarket. My mother is prone to drama, [...]
February 16, 2007 – 9:56 am
I’ve arrived back in the UK from Peru. While I’ve been gone, Shilpa Shetty has published her very own chicken curry recipe featuring tomato ketchup and a gunman’s been loose in South London, near where I live.
On the bright side, it’s not snowing and I haven’t lost my job… yet! My colleagues have clearly missed me, [...]
February 8, 2007 – 9:39 am
I can´t believe my holiday is almost coming to an end. I´ve been at my in-laws´place in Huancayo, a town nestling in the Mantaro valley of the Andes (pictured) for the best part of two weeks. And spreading the word here about real Indian cooking has been easier than I thought.
For a start, Bollywood is as [...]
