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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Solace from Croquettes…
Humans are currently witnessing history in the making. Before this no one amongst us has witnessed a pandemic, only read or heard about one. This is a very stressful time for all of us. All of us are trying to find some solace in any way possible. Solace Food has always been a source of […]
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March Lily showed us that Patience pays….
Prelude This story goes back to October 2018 when we had visited Sikkim. After an adventurous and mesmerizing trip to North Sikkim (Lachen, Gurudongmar lake, Lachung, Yumthang, Zero point), we came back to Gangtok and stayed there for a couple of days to unwind all the adrenaline rush. During that time, we mainly visited the […]
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Jhansi and Sesame street
Recently I had the opportunity to visit the quaint historic city of Jhansi. Jhansi is famous for the brave queen Rani Laxmi Bai. From the first time when I read about her in the history books to last year when I saw the movie Manikarnika,I have always felt like I have to visit Jhansi at […]
