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Spontaneity is the spice of life

Spontaneity is the spice of life

I have this borderline obsessive compulsive disorder of doing the right things at the right time. There has to be...
Feb 18, 2026
Land of Lentils

Land of Lentils

I wrote this post ages ago and it was for a friends travel website when she was just starting off....
Feb 18, 2026
On Board the S.S. Healthrow

On Board the S.S. Healthrow

You may be wondering with a title like that, I may be writing a post on my latest travel escapade,...
Feb 18, 2026
Of Ethnic Proportions

Of Ethnic Proportions

I love food trends. More so, I love studying them. While my parallel career on writing allows me to be...
Feb 18, 2026
A Persian Dream

A Persian Dream

The temperatures soared to about 41C in Dumka, the second capital village of Jharkhand, one of India’s poorest states. I...
Feb 18, 2026
Humming a New Tune

Humming a New Tune

I learnt a new food related phrase it’s called “Ethnic Cuisine” In the United States there has been a revolution...
Feb 18, 2026
The Seven Series: Pride

The Seven Series: Pride

The final in the series would be the epitome of all sins – Pride I have spoken many times about...
Feb 18, 2026
O’-I-Live to make it happen one day

O’-I-Live to make it happen one day

There is an interesting observation at Italian Restaurants abroad, be it a small or an extravagant one, the moment you...
Feb 17, 2026
Eden’s Rapture

Eden’s Rapture

The compost strewn path is flooded with the luminescent green radiance of harsh sunlight which gets filtered through towering trees....
Feb 17, 2026
Potato, Potatoe – one and the same

Potato, Potatoe – one and the same

It’s very awkward to be caught in a situation where you have to choose between two polarities but return to...
Feb 16, 2026
Dinner with Friends

Dinner with Friends

If someone asks me how I got about to cook, it was purely for the love of entertaining. I look...
Feb 16, 2026
Beet It

Beet It

One of the most difficult words to say is the word ‘No’. Coming from a country whose culture is extremely...
Feb 16, 2026
Health Benedict

Health Benedict

I get this line a lot – You don’t look like a foodie ! or a person who is in...
Feb 16, 2026
The Base Factor

The Base Factor

All it takes is a few basic ingredients and you can mold anything to your liking. Yes this statement holds...
Feb 16, 2026
Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

It’s a cut throat world out there, be it any industry. I don’t say I have come up the hard...
Feb 16, 2026
Surf’n Through

Surf’n Through

Cooking for me is a boon and a bane. For me to cook there is a a simple rule to...
Feb 16, 2026
A Knotted Mind

A Knotted Mind

When did we start multitasking the way we do now? I was driving to the gym the other day listening...
Feb 16, 2026
Getting back on the bandwagon

Getting back on the bandwagon

It does pay to get back on track when down and out. I had a bit of a run in...
Feb 16, 2026
Unrelated Similarities

Unrelated Similarities

It was a calm and quiet evening, the rustic bench I was seated upon creaked slightly as I shuffled through...
Feb 13, 2026
Holy Guacamole

Holy Guacamole

I was skimming through some old photographs on my phone, around 10000 of them, all thanks to the cloud network...
Feb 12, 2026
A spirited affair of the nonchalant kind, revisited
Citrus Cocktail

A spirited affair of the nonchalant kind, revisited

I pull out a memory card from quarter of a century ago and remember my first love affair with alcohol....
Nov 28, 2025

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