Welcome summer with this refreshing, light Tauk Dal with raw mangoes
International fame (almost) and my tips for spotting a good Indian restaurant buffet
A perfect large pot of simple chicken curry for busy or misery bees everywhere : you will grunt with satisfaction.
There is sad news from Peru and I will be gone for two weeks. More recipes to follow…
It’s Friday the 13th. Call me superstitious, but I have already had a bust up at work, a tough client meeting and slipped on my trendy winklepickers and grazed my knee.
I now have a dinner party for 10 to look forward to, for which I have cooked an entirely Bengali meal of kosha mangsho, aloo [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the usual manic run up to a holiday, I didn´t get around to telling you that I´m in Peru for three weeks visiting my in-laws.
We arrived in Lima on 27th January and I kicked off our break tucking into a giganormous plate of barbequed cow´s hearts. There goes my award for Hindu of the year.
We are off to Huancayo [...]
I am about to have a birthday soon. Normally, I would invite everyone I know, plan my own surprise party and buy a whole new outfit.
But this year, it’s different.
I am edging closer to 30 by turning 29 and as far as I’m concerned, it ain’t no cause for celebration.
While I’m going all coy on [...]
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