Author: ginia

Lifestyle, MyFriendAlexa, Travel

Trip Tales: Andaman Island Vacation-Part 2

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 […]

Kalapathar Beach, Neil island
Baked Goodies, MyFriendAlexa, Travel

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 […]

Baked Goodies, Bread, MyFriendAlexa, Savoury

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 […]

Baked Goodies, Desserts, Lifestyle

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 […]

Desserts

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 […]

Baked Goodies, Desserts

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 […]