Category: food
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…
Madrid Food Memories
As Spain opens up and welcomes tourists again after a long lock down here is an article I wrote after a visit to Madrid in November. This appeared in Man’s World in February just as the Corona scare became very real . I was in Madrid on the invitation of Tourism Spain and the Madrid…
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…
14 Greens For Ghosts & A super green mix for the Health Brigade
Leaf greens and vegetable greens represent an entire food sub- culture in India. There are new ones to be discovered everyday. Saag/shaak/hakk are generic names for greens so you will find them tagged on to many dishes. Radish greens make a delicious stir fry in North India in winter, methi greens or fenugreek are popular…
Kansa – Ayurvedic, ‘Vedic’ or just hyped?
Kansa is as old as the hills or as old as the Bronze Age. It is a kind of bronze, an alloy of copper and tin and has been used for centuries in India for cooking and serving food. Kansa is recognized by its clear sound and temple bells are usually made of kansa which…
Things to do in Porto, Portugal
Porto is usually skimmed over as people head off to do the more glamorous Duoro Valley wine tours but slow down and spend a couple of days in the city that gave the world port, find the bookshop that inspired the library at Hogwarts and discover one of Europe’s great museums of contemporary art. Everyone…
“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…
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