Authentic Indian desserts
This Pujo, 3 things are inevitable: I will receive at least one questionable piece of clothing from relatives, I will cry a lot for having missed Kolkata Pujo a seventh time in a row, and will therefore crave a ton of desserts (and likely put on at least 3 pounds too), because the hedonist in me believes…
Easy baked brie recipe So you have planned the perfect Christmas dinner. You are slow roasting a beautiful chicken, the ham looks appetizing with cranberry sauce, the creamed spinach and mashed potatoes are absolutely delicious, the green beans casserole is standing by, the hearty pickled root vegetables salad looks colorful and vibrant, the apple pie…
For a very long time now I have had this image in my mind. The image of a slice of creamy cheesecake with a buttery and almost crunchy crust, suspended in a background of soft blue, its edges freckled with fine dusted sugar that resemble snow flakes; almost as if it were hanging from the sky. This…
For eleven months you hear no mention of fruitcake in Kolkata, but suddenly in December it becomes the talk of the town as the whole city starts smelling like a giant oven. Suddenly in December the display counters of all confectionaries and groceries are lined with loaves of fruitcakes wrapped in parchment papers secured with golden decorative strings. In fact,…
Remember those big, round, gingery cookies that you get at the roadside tea-stalls in India? The ones that you dunk in tea and hold until they almost break? The ones that you get for a rupee each? These masala molasses cookies that my dear friend Kate made for me are exactly like that. Do try the…
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…
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…
While all my other friends are singing praises of the beautiful fall colors and posting pictures of beautiful skies and meadows all over facebook, Texas (at least College Station) decides to be a rebel, confusing October with unusually high temperatures and uncharacteristically long rainy days. I love rain, of course, but this whimsical, unsympathetic, and…