When we visited M’s parents during Thanksgiving, I got a chance to know M’s Grammy’s sister, Aunt Thelma. She was a famous Broadway actor back in the 1930s. I googled Thelma Altman and found a very old picture of her. She is a very sophistocated woman and it did not take […]
Finally, the holidays are over and our Boston traffic is back to normal. It was taking 15 minutes for us to get to work, but now it’s taking 30 minutes again. At the office everyone is back to work and there are no more cookies or candies everywhere. Like me, most […]
I have joined Simi Jois to do 52 days of creative exposure. We promised to click at least one image per week for 52 weeks. Here is our Facebook group, if you would like to contribute. We are there to help you to improve your creativity. I did not go […]
This recipe has been published by Boston Globe. Here is the link. Makar Sankranti is an important festival on the Hindu calendar because it is a celebration of the coming of spring. It always falls on the 14th day of January. In Bengal we celebrate it as harvest festival. We prepare some […]
This recipe has been chosen as the winner by Pioneer Chef Contest and featured on BostonGlobe. This is the picture from the newspaper. For the last two weeks, there is a huge change in my lifestyle. Now I wake up close to 7am (used to be 8:30am) and reach the […]
Every year I throw a holiday party and I usually keep my menu authentically Indian. However, when it came to choosing an appetizer recipe I deviated from my rule a bit. This year’s menu includes puff pastry appetizers, saffron rice pilaf, dal makhani, tandoori cauliflower, Shahi Chicken and payesh (Bengali rice pudding) […]