Category: food trends
Vinegary Tales #Foodfiles #vinegar
Stumbling upon some unusual vinegars at a store made me go down the Google rabbit hole and here is some of my updated knowledge. It was meant for an article that never got published. Do add your own vinegar suggestions. I had a vinegar epiphany in the autumn light of Kasauli’s heritage market two Octobers…
#Health- All souped up
The lock down has made me look for simple nutritious ways to snack and sip my way through the day and soups are a great option. The thing with soups is that they can be expanded to become mini meals – just add some pasta or noodles, veggies and protein (aah a big Ramen bowl…
Spain Diaries : The sweetness of Turron
If you are travelling to Spain don’t miss this delectable spun version of honey, egg white and almonds along with a slice of history and stories going back to origins in the medieval ages, possibly in Iraq. You will see versions of Turron /Nougat in Portugal, Italy, Iran, Morrocco, Turkey, and Austria but Spain seems…
My A2K salad : for all the vitamins you need
I am not a believer in vitamin supplements and when I saw a documentary on vitamins and where synthetic vitamins that are in our supplements came from, this reinforced my view. The reality is that we don’t need massive amounts of vitamins in our system (unless you are massively deficient in one or the other…
“My favourite F… word”
Food is a sensory seduction that beats a Tinder swipe hands down, says writer Priya Mirchandani as she has the Food Bloggers of India Awards covered for Geeta’s list . There are three ways to my heart. 1. Buy me food. 2. Cook me food. 3. Be food. If your pulse is hard-wired to the clinking of…
What a Buddhist monk taught me about breakfast & meditation
Of late, some of my Instagram food posts have been getting some love . It is a good feeling as I am neither a food expert, or a home chef. In fact I don’t particularly like cooking. But I am trying hard to put my head in order . And strangely breakfast came to the…
The other Nut : Brazil Nut
Brazil nuts are now an established ‘super food’ if you follow super food trends and worth trying if you haven’t already. What makes them a super food is that they are the highest natural source of selenium in the world. (Thank you Wiki.) That’s the stuff that makes for shiny hair and strong nails and…
AMAI : vegan, raw, nutty and on Scootsy !
AMAI‘s Truffle Dates with peanut butter and sea salt just hit our collective sweet spot- texture play, a balance of sweet and savoury, and rich dark chocolate adding up to a delicious 5 pm desk or post- work out snack. The problem is you can’t stop at one date even though you know you…
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