Wednesday, November 25, 2015

South Indian Vegetarian Recipes for Your Holiday Feast

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A road map for a vegetarian Thanksgiving. The entire essay is up at The Aerogram , including a recipe for Cranberry Pickle.  One of ...
Monday, November 09, 2015

FotoWeek DC 2015

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For folks in DC, MD and VA, a week-long photography festival and exhibition is currently on at  various locations in DC and Virginia. If ...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Two Avalakki (Pressed Rice Flakes) Recipes from North Karnataka, and a Peek Into a Kitchen of the Past

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The entire essay and the recipes are on The Aerogram . Here are a few excerpts. Avalakki is a staple in North Karnataka cuisine. Avalakki...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

South Indian Recipe Series: What is Tamarind?

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My new essay with two recipes, one for Tomato Dal, which uses tamarind, and the other for a delicious accompaniment to the Dal, a recipe...
Friday, May 01, 2015

Recipe: Flax Seed Chutney Powder

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You will find many websites touting the health benefits of flax seed, the tiny, shiny seeds of the plant that gives us linen, but this post...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Lincoln Cottage: Washington, D.C.'s Hidden Gem

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A truly humbling aspect of living in a place like Washington, D.C. is that the city is a living, breathing shrine to history. Monuments, ...
Friday, April 17, 2015

South Indian Vegetarian Homestyle Cooking: A Guide to Essential Spices

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My new essay on the basic spices used in South Indian vegetarian cuisine includes a recipe for Potato and Onion Curry. An excerpt is below...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Semolina Porridge: How to Make Your Upma and Eat It Too

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On AntiSerious, my essay on a childhood dish I learned to hate and then learned to love as an adult. The entire essay is here: The Pagan...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

New Recipes for Dips and Appetizers Inspired by Indian Condiments

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My new food essay is up on The Aerogram with two recipes. In my quest for dips that are a delicious departure from the ordinary, I ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Evolution of an Immigrant's Thanksgiving

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My essay on Thanksgivings past.  We had left behind a culture that boasts of many festivals and rituals that bring families together. W...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Book Review: Sam Kean's The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

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The older one, who's now 14, discovered Sam Kean first through The Disappearing Spoon and was hooked. The Violinist's Thumb follo...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Documentary: The Last Man on the Moon

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Anytime I hear about a human in space, I take all of about 10 seconds to marvel at the level of technological sophistication that is necess...
Friday, February 07, 2014

Theater Courses for Children in Kolkata (Calcutta)

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This information is from The Creative Arts' Facebook Page Objectives: Theatre Skills, Life skills, Creativity and Imagination : ...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Easy Tomato Pickle Recipe

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The recipe that accompanies the ' Food is the Tie That Binds ' essay on preserving family recipes for future generations is also u...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Working Out the Kinks in the Inter-Generational Recipe-Transfer Protocol

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My new essay on The Aerogram: So each time we sat down at my breakfast table I would bring out not only all our assorted notes, my compu...