~ ORIENTAL TIKKA BRIOCHE ~
Back in University, when I was doing my degree in English Literature, I used to love Robert Frost. One time I came across one of his quotes saying, “There is…
~BBQ SLOPPY JOES~
I believe when Craig Claiborne said, “cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love”, he had Sloppy Joes in…
~MANDI~
William Shakespeare wrote it best, “tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers”, and I bet if he ever had a chance to eat middle-eastern food, he’d be…
~ BEEF AL-FAREZI ~
This dish reminds me of Elizabeth Gilberts, Eat, Pray, Love; wherein she avers, ” ‘Parla come mangi’, It means ‘speak the way you eat’ or in my personal translation ‘say…
~KINDER BUENO CHEESECAKE~
Let me share with you an excerpt from a book called “Delicious” by Ruth Reichl, that I was reading last week when I felt the urge to make this dessert…
~SHASHLIK~
Many of us don’t know that Shashlik initially originated from Eastern Europe. It is a descendant of the word “shish” or “sis” in the turkish and Iranian language which actually…
~ A BREAD PIE AFFAIR ~
The aroma of a good bread baking leaves you with the world’s sweetest smells as James Bears once wrote, “Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and…
~ SPICY ZINGER BURGER ~
Customer: Excuse me? Look, I ordered one Good Burger with nothing on it. Ed: That’s what I gave you. Customer: No! You gave me a bun. Just a bun! Look!…
~GOLA KEBAB PARATHA ROLL~
Anthony Bourdain avered, “I think of street food as the antidote to fast food, it’s the clear alternative to the King, the Clown and the Colonel”. Street food of any…
~ LASAGNA WRAPS ~
Giada De Lorentiis once said, “Pasta doesn’t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat” and I agree. I believe nothing is bad for you until and…
~ MANCHURIAN WITH EGG-POCKET FRIED RICE ~
“As long as there is Pasta and Chinese Food in the world, I’m okay” (Micheal Chang) and true that for me. I have always loved Chinese for as long as…
~ BBQ PERI-PERI CHICKEN ~
“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fuelling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture”…
~SHAWARMA~
George Bernard Shaw, wrote history when he wrote, “there is no love sincerer than the love of food” and it is one of my favorite lines in literature. The love…
CREAMY BIHAAR CHICKEN CURRY~
I have to admit, ever since, I have matured in my knowledge of cooking techniques and spices, I have loved being an alchemist in my kitchen. Having various spices in…
Early Days of Baseball
“Play ball!” the umpire shouts. The batter steps up to home plate. The pitcher winds up and fires the ball. The batter begins his swing, the bat cracks, and the…