Read Part 1 of Trip Tales: Andaman Island Vacation-Part 1 Andaman Island adventure-Part 2 We woke up the next day feeling fresh and excited for the rest of our Andaman island adventures. After a quick beach stroll at Corbyn’s Cove, we got ready and had our buffet breakfast. We had to catch our Green Ocean […]
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Trip Tales -Story of our Andaman Island Vacation Part 1
Travel Lust I should proclaim at the very onset that this post is about our Andaman Island vacation adventures. And the jaggery cookie recipe is a short but sweet return gift. It has been exactly one year since our last family vacation. Yes, you heard it right! It seems one whole year has gone by […]
Cheesy Chicken Buns, Google Buns and The Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton Books This recipe for cheesy chicken buns emerged one day when I was reminiscing about books from childhood days. I have very fond memories of the Enid Blyton books which were one of the first English books that I have read. To name a few, the Enchanted Forest series with its Magic Faraway […]
When the bread bug bites you!
History of Bread Bread or the humble “pao ruti” as we call it has a very long and illustrious history. It is a staple food that we have been making from as far back as the Middle Ages. In all cultures bread has a special significance in the sense that it is representative of a […]
Cheesecake, Friends and is the moon really made of cheese?
Cheesecake and “Friends” My first introduction to a Cheesecake, which I believe to be one of the most delicious creation of mankind, was from an episode of the epic T.V series “Friends”. “The one with all the cheesecakes” This episode aired in the seventh season of Friends and left a lasting impression on my young […]
Banana Walnut Quinoa muffins
Go Bananas! What do you do when you buy a dozen bananas and within two days all of them become ready and ripe? You bake banana walnut quinoa muffins! How many bananas can one have in a day? Back in my school days, I could easily eat 6 in a day! I guess its the […]
Handmade Dark Chocolate Truffles
My Sweet teeth story…. and how my handmade dark chocolate truffles satisfied them!I have a whole set of sweet teeth rather than a single sweet tooth. Any body who has grown up in a Bengali household will be familiar with that feeling of incompleteness without a sweet ending to any meal. Be it the cottony […]
Mocha Cupcakes
Mocha CupcakesI was never a very big coffee fan. Tea was my thing. But then I came to taste specialty blend coffees one day at a small cafe near our place in Kolkata. Mind you its not your everyday instant coffee. Rather it is the freshly ground and filtered from exotic beans variety that made […]
What will we have for breakfast?
What will we have for breakfast? That is one mandatory question we ask each other after waking up after exchanging the good morning pleasantries. When oats, muesli, bread, roti, poha gets boring then appe comes to the rescue. I have come to this ripe old age without eating appes my entire life but now it […]
Cake for the soul
A slice of cake for the soul with the evening cup of tea/ coffee for the mind is a match made in heaven. Our coffee dates were very frequent in the pre-apocalyptic world when things were “normal”! A particularly trying day at the office often ended with one of us suggesting a cuppa at any […]