Tiramisù Tiramisù is my husband’s and my favorite dessert in the world! We don’t discriminate between different styles of Tiramisù (or at least we didn’t until this happened). Be it classic Tiramisù, cheesecake Tiramisù, orange Tiramisù, Tiramisù ice cream, tiramisu cake, Tiramisù at a five-star bakery, or the dry sugary Tiramisù at railway stations, we wallow in Tiramisù every chance we get. So,…
The weather here has been really great these past couple of weeks–sunny, cool, and breezy. Novembers in Texas are always the best. My friends and I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather and do a Texan style pre-Thanksgiving barbecue at the lake. The plan was to make a simple dinner of potato salad, smoked…
“What are some popular Indian cocktails?”, my friend (Korean) asked as we were sipping our mojitos at the counter of a local sports bar on a game day, wearing maroon, trying hard to understand American college football (because our school was playing). I put down my mojito and stared at her for a few seconds too…
My friends frequently ask me where I get the time and energy to cook at home, or how I plan my recipes, or how I manage to (somewhat) maintain my weight with the storms that I cook up on a regular basis. Truth is, I really don’t have time. As a graduate student I have…
I received so many requests for healthy recipes from my Not a Curry friends that I decided to create a healthy/weight-friendly section for my readers, and this savory oatmeal pancakes with coconut chutney are the first in a series of recipes that are healthy but also delicious. Weight loss can be difficult. I have struggled…
I don’t drink hot chocolate very much, because as a food blogger I have enough calories flowing around in my kitchen to add hot chocolate to the already long list. But winter is coming, the sun is lazy, the air is crisp, my bedroom smells musty from my wintertime quilt, and Starbucks cups are coming…
People ask me to post healthy and easy breakfast recipes all the time, especially tasty oatmeal recipes. Now, I love oatmeal. I can eat oatmeal with just a little water and some nuts and raisins thrown in. My husband, however, hates oatmeal with a passion. So, sometimes I try new ways to make disguised oatmeal…
People are always surprised to hear that I have been to Goa six times. That’s where we honeymooned, that’s where I was stranded for a weekend after a flight had to divert from Mumbai due to flooding, that’s where I went on random whims of friends, and that’s where I want to go again and…
There is something infallible about butter toasts. No matter how sad and gloomy things get, buttered toasts always have the potential to give life an instant uplift. Once you bite into the crusty surface and taste the warm, salty, and buttery interior, you momentarily forget everything. Toasts work like magic. What’s even more magical is that it is impossible…