Category: foodie


  • On a casual Jewel Osco visit, I found super fresh cilantro (kothimbir/sambar/coriander) judis neatly stacked. As any female would do, I quickly made my way to the aisle and smartly bought 2 of them. At the checkout I realized my secret (there you go!) resolution to not waste any food items, and my spirits sank…

  • I get up early in the morning and find to my dismay that my 2% reduced milk is over. Well no problemos, I can borrow it from my roomies‘.  Surprisingly, their cans are empty too. Now that’s co-incidence or whatever. Since I have a busy day planned ahead, I decide to skip drinking milk for…

  • The Minimalist

    So Mark Bittman it is!! Thank you NYTimes, I am hooked to a cookery show after eons. In his own words, cooking is a way you can be creative on a daily basis. How many things do you innovate on such basis? Plus you get to know what’s going inside your tummy. Totally agree! There…

  • Baking needs

     Its been a while since I posted something. Grad school I tell you!!  Plus writing to me is more like an impulsive, spontaneous act than a profound, drafted ritual. I have so many individual threads exciting my nerve cells, everyday, but by the time I get time to open blogger those threads either fizz out…

  • Wonder what are the benefits of living in a global environment (I mean actually surrounded by all kinds of foreigners..duh!!)?? For me it is the exposure to various cuisines. Specially if you know what you are eating, in short if you are a foodie!One look at me and the thought of ‘me being a foodie’…