Contemplations Mighty meat Steak
June 30, 2023

Stake ’em With Steak!

Hot summers sometimes bother me. Feelings of boredom mingled with laziness and the desire to eat something splendidly scrumptious yet seemingly simple overtake my clan. These feelings are so intense and so demanding that they are set to – Otomahuk my utopian disposition of calm composure. The result is the invariable march to the kitchen – apron on, freezer drawn and cooking begun! Don’t mind […]

Contemplations Desserts Lentils Vegetarian
July 18, 2022

Silence and Stuffed Roti!

It all began with communing. The supposedly quintessential therapeutic technique of ‘talking it out,’ invariable became the very reason for the ultimate fall from glory. “Did God really say..” was how he began. Subtle. Deceitful. Satanic! It wasn’t late to walk away, but clarification and addition to God’s word made the way. “Not all the tress..but just that one..no touching or eating..” False assurance, lies […]

Contemplations Mighty meat
June 7, 2022

It’s No Secret..

Murmuring a laconic ‘Thanks!,’ into thin air for the solitude that I finally acquired, I proceed to put my feet up on the opposite chair in the Fellowship Hall, this Tuesday evening. The sweet voices and instrumental music of the Praise Team practicing for this Sunday’s service can be heard in the background. I can’t help interject here that, to my unabashedly biased ears, the […]

Contemplations Seafood
April 5, 2022

Fishers of Men!

The King was pleased. The seductive dance accomplished the goal. The motive, although obscure, could be heard loud and clear by the diligent reader. Decapitation of the righteous was the ‘gift,’ asked by a young girl, with misplaced obedience. And the news of His cousin’s arrest prompts HIM to go to the land that awaited light; the very embodiment of light, brought there by divine […]

Contemplations Curry Vegetarian
July 19, 2021

Eggplant Curry and The Gen. Z Syndrome.

Repetition yielded the favored response and my boys, this time,  remembered to pack enough water as we left for my sister’s place yesterday. We took a turn into the gated community, where we noticed a couple of young teenage girls with their lemonade stand. The glass jars with two kinds of lemonade – ‘lemony lemon’ (as they labeled it) and ‘Raspberry Lemonade’, looked aesthetically pleasing. […]

Contemplatioms Curry Seafood
March 8, 2021

A Cucumber, that’s no cuckoo!

Who would think that an Echinoderm with an innocuous name, even without a spine could be rich in so many nutrients and even more richer in flavor? ‘Sea Cucumber’ from Costco was the subject for our dinner experiment and the source of a thought that materialized in the form of this post. These squishy creatures bury themselves deep in the sand of the ocean floor, […]

Contemplations Mighty meat
December 27, 2020

The Lamb and His Love!

“In the beginning..” It began as a narration. A chronological account of the wonder of creation. What happened when and how. The how was so simple..unlike the innumerable, incomprehensible, yet over emphasized theories of the origin of Universe, which involve fancy words like ‘singularities’ and words depicting destruction, like, ‘collision’ and ‘explosion’ “In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth.” ~Genesis 1:1 How, […]

Mighty meat Thanksgiving Turkey
November 27, 2020

Great Gobble Guaranteed

“And that has made all the difference!” exasperates Frost, with a remorse that is so much relatable – especially to an over-thinker like me! And that would be my statement when I come to think about my turkey-cooking shenanigans this year. Even while fearing the accusation of facetiousness for applying the profound meaning of a dear poem to the making of a turkey, let me […]

Soup Vegetarian
November 16, 2020

Back to Basil(s)

Cliche! “Food that is grown with the sweat of thy brow tastes ever so good.” Cliche! Or so I thought! Gardening has always been a distant dream for this city girl, growing up. With restaurants, super markets, bakeries and the then most essential beauty salons, being at a stone’s throw distance, growing food was something I envisioned would be a wonderful thing to do, but […]

Deep_Fried_Goodness Grains Lentils
October 24, 2020

When calls the sweet treat!

Yes, it was that kind of Saturday. Getting out of the comforter needed a reason as strong and formidable as trying to contain the force of tides on a full moon night! Well, I am simultaneously preparing my lesson on overstatements. So, just play along! And that reason came in the guise of ‘nethi boorelu’ (nethi meaning ghee, boorelu, meaning boorelu! You’re Welcome!) Jaggery and […]