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A Capital Idea

A Capital Idea

I was privy to a conversation between a dominating diva and her audience of like minded ladies at a recent...
Silent Spears

Silent Spears

Since time immemorial man has brandished weapons of choice to attack, conquer, malign and carry out other unmentionables. It is...
A ‘Satay’ating Experience

A ‘Satay’ating Experience

The one thing which entices most people who love food is when food is cooked fresh in front of them....
Bamboozled in Phuket

Bamboozled in Phuket

Why do people take a vacation? It’s a getaway; it’s a break from the routine and above all just to...
No one’s a guest here

No one’s a guest here

The one thing about Goa I really adore and respect is that the whole State is like a ‘home’. Now...
Squid Pro Quo

Squid Pro Quo

It is funny how I actually started having meat, coming from a vegetarian background and to an extent a strict...
The Wrap up Party

The Wrap up Party

Love, unconditional love teamed with ego, unbreakable bonds and a sense of oneness inspired this post. There are two particularly...
The Sage Syndrome

The Sage Syndrome

I have recently been observing certain traits of people from a relationship point of view. Parents to children, husbands to...
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....
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,...
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...
A Near Finish

A Near Finish

Just when you think you’ve had it, something else crops up which changes the way you think or believe the...
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...
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...
The Seven Series: Gluttony

The Seven Series: Gluttony

The Seven Series: Gluttony The third course with sin, completely inappropriate term for a food blog, is the monster sin:...
Preserving The Past

Preserving The Past

Spring cleaning this year came upon quite suddenly. My terrace had to be waterproofed which led to a chain of...
A Juicy Trap

A Juicy Trap

I think I have reached an age where the word marriage keeps following me in annoying whispers where ever I...
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...
Layered Dependency

Layered Dependency

I have been born with a golden spoon in my mouth. In lay man words ‘spoilt’. I have all the...
A Singapore Kitchen

A Singapore Kitchen

Kitchens come in all forms and sizes, there are restaurant ones, home ones, studio ones and catering ones. I have...
Earn your bread

Earn your bread

I look back 5 months from today and wonder how I was –>this<– close to having rolled myself into USA....
The Basis of Veganism

The Basis of Veganism

Being a cook and a food writer, my usual approach to food is very open-minded. This also extends to the...
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...
The Pearl of Flours

The Pearl of Flours

Since when did superfoods become a “thing”? Now that I look back in my childhood, practically half the ingredients I...
Girls at the Grill

Girls at the Grill

If there is one other thing which attracts me on this planet – it’s a barbecue grill. Pure joy, filling...
Yin Yang

Yin Yang

Opposites attract? Quite the contrary, they don’t attract but they definitely co-exist on interdependency. A dependency if set in motion...
The Early Okonomiyaki

The Early Okonomiyaki

What is the first thing you do when you land in a new place? Well, you make a beeline straight...
Marooned in Luxury

Marooned in Luxury

Off the coast of Kedah is a cluster of 99 islands offering the best of many worlds: beautiful beaches, world-...
Ground Control

Ground Control

I am sitting 35000Ft in the air traveling back to Mumbai, bored out of my mind and typing this out....
Let’s Relax

Let’s Relax

I am a bad flyer. Period. As much as my work takes me places and I practically live out of...
Holy Guacamole

Holy Guacamole

I was skimming through some old photographs on my phone, around 10000 of them, all thanks to the cloud network...
A Sea of Thoughts

A Sea of Thoughts

Well, it has been quite sometime since I have written here. With the onset of quick-thought social media postings, the...