8 pm, Sept 29th, Kolkata, India. It is a very cool evening. Finally people of Kolkata are having some relief from heat. Whole city is preparing for the biggest festival of bengali. People are busy buying clothes, shoes. There are pandals everywhere, kash ful in fields, shiuli in trees. Puja is coming. […]
Between the time I wake up and leave for work, I have only 2 hours to make the lunch for both of us. Maybe super moms can make lunch and get dressed up, but I am not. And it’s already 10 pm when I get time to check the clock after […]
What comes to your mind, when you think of chai? My friend Hershi, starts her day with black tea and drinks green tea whole day. When, Veronica, likes to have her chai as a dessert and relaxation drink, which means drink chai after coming back from work and enjoy it. There […]
When it comes to soul food – what comes to your mind? For past few days I was eating Biriyani, Sea foods at cape, Mexican food and all sort of food which compels me to drink soda after every meal. I was craving for rice, daal, mashed potato and some […]
No matter if you are a Bengali or an American – I am sure you do love Shrimp. Did this happen to you ever – that you travelled the weekend and came back home on Sunday? You could not cook anything over the weekend. When you get out of work at […]
Early Saturday morning conversation between my mom and me : Me: Ma, what should I cook this weekend? Mom: What do you have? (I gave her a list of the things in my pantry and freezer.) Mom: Why don’t you make fish chops this week. She used to make fish chop […]