cricket, oranges and garam masala
I hope you’ve brushed up on your theology, because I am about to quiz you. What would you say is India’s largest religion? Try not to waste your time by thinking of Hinduism or Islam. Or even Sikhism...
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I have a problem. Well, actually more like quite a few problems. They either sit rather silently on my bookshelf, or stretch themselves lazily all over the center table in the living room. They have...
View Articlethe baby rattles and teethers of our world
Alright folks. At this point you’re obviously under the impression that I’ve abandoned you. One week seems like ages in blog years. And a long time to be away from this place. The weather meanwhile has...
View Articleto the sailor, on his 57th
Dear readers, It’s been three weeks and I’ve missed you. And although this post is sorely outdated, I thought maybe you’d like to read it. I think I was about two years old. Yeah about that much, when...
View Articleon crispy wings and pillowy breasts
You may want to run out and grab a freshly baked baguette from the bakery before we start. You’ll need it later, I promise. Go on, I’ll wait. Done? OK then. It might be foolish and much too late at...
View ArticleA chicken masala you need in your life.
You guys deserve much better than what I give you here. I’m almost always smothering you with chocolate. Cake. Pie. Maybe some bread. I hardly give you any veg. And even less fruit. I can literally...
View Articlewhatever’s been happening. also coriander marmalade chicken.
Whew. The best way to do this would be to start with a photo. More than four months this time and I’ve more to tell you than ever. This is the seventh time I’ve tried sitting at my laptop trying to...
View ArticleA caramel worth its salt
It is perfectly understandable that I cannot just come back to this space after two whole years and let a crème caramel wobble under your noses, just like that. You’ll want an explanation. You’ll want...
View ArticleWe are of the seafood
Very rarely would you find a Bengali hauling a bag of squid or octopus home, to have for lunch. It could be faintly surprising to outsiders considering how religiously we’re devoted to our seafood. No,...
View ArticleYou are what you put in your omelette
I spent much of 2014 getting nibbled on by a heart surgeon. Tall, curly hair that fell onto his Michael Caine-ish glasses and a waddle that could give Donald Duck a run for his money. I’m not even...
View ArticleIn two inches of oil
I’m writing to you from the mundane blue and white of my office, where I have taken a break from Excel worksheets to think about food. This may be the coffee talking, but is there nothing you can’t do...
View ArticleMy answer will and always will, be hilsa
“What’s your favourite kind of fish?” asked Priya. Her mouth was full of badly made chicken patty and her legs were propped up on the center table, on which lay few more chicken patties, more horrible...
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