On a few recent trips to visit my family in England, I’ve had the pleasure of feasting on duck legs and I’ve really grown to love them. One of my sisters knows that I love them, so she always has … Continue reading Crispy Duck Legs with Rosemary, Sage and baby potatoes
Friends of ours started a chili cook-off tradition in the Fall. It is extremely well thought out and executed. There’s a floating trophy award and a gift for the 1st prize and then there’s a People’s Choice prize for the … Continue reading A chili cook-off and my own entry
Has this ever happened to you? A few weeks ago, I messed up on the dinner date, the actual date when I invited 8 friends to join us for a weeknight dinner. This is how it all evolved. I had … Continue reading Saving a Moroccan dinner night
It was a beautiful Fall day when we decided to use the complimentary tickets that I received from a neighbor. Longwood Gardens, just a 15 minute drive from us is a botanical garden consisting of over a thousand acres of … Continue reading A meadow within a garden
There are umpteen celebrations that are observed here in the USA. Coming of age elsewhere, we had not celebrated Thanksgiving so I wanted to write a bit about how I adopted this holiday. For those who are reading this blog … Continue reading An Apple upside-down cake and my adopted Thanksgiving holiday
This Jamaican inspired dinner caught my eye when sifting through my bookmarks of “comfort foods for the winter” collection. Ever since our trip to Jamaica this past February, I try to incorporate more of the Jamaican cuisine in our menu … Continue reading Jamaican curried fish with rice and beans
Since Diwali is just around the corner, I thought of sharing these delectable cookies. Diwali is a Hindu festival of lights. It is India’s biggest and most important festival of the year. The festival gets its name from the row … Continue reading Eggless Badam Pista cookies
Why such a random topic as porches and pumpkins on a blog post you might ask? Fall is a great time to capture porches adorned in the season’s splendor, isn’t that reason enough? 🙂 There’s just so much beauty around … Continue reading Porches and Pumpkins
It’s that time of the year when comfort foods surface in my kitchen. I mean come on, what’s not to love about warm autumn flavors, like a good soup, stew or curries this time of year? Truly satisfying food doesn’t … Continue reading Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie with lentils
This was surely the year for weddings. First it was Harry and Meghan’s wedding, unfortunately that invitation got lost in the mail. 🙂 Then followed a string of other weddings for the year 2018. Would you believe it if I … Continue reading A wedding in the Windy City, cruising down the river and a blues tune
I’ve made several different Indian flatbreads at home, but have always felt intimidated by naan. Perhaps it is because I’ve always felt that it needed a hot tandoor clay oven? Naan is a leavened flatbread typically found in the cuisines … Continue reading Garlic and cilantro naan flatbread with split chickpeas and spinach
OK so you’ve caught me in the act! Well, those who know me well know that it’s no secret that I do favor Indian spices, so it’s not unusual for me to throw in some pungent and aromatic spices in … Continue reading A layer of East meets a layer of West
Safari of the Mind 