Eat Deliciously for a Healthy Life – AARP – The magazine
One of the reasons that I love my job so much is that I get to interview people whom I love and admire so much. For this assignment, I got to interview – Carla Hall, Jamie Oliver and Ming Tsai!!! How...
View ArticleNew Products From Summer Fancy Food Show 2012, Parents.com
I really loved the National Fancy Food Show in DC. Here is a collection of some really fun and great new food products for kiddos - from chocolate straws to tandoori nuggets - there is something for...
View ArticleWhy I don’t cook for my parents
** This story has appeared in NPR’s Kitchen Window *** Mussels cooked in a saffron coconut stew, shrimp fritters with just the right crispness, chicken kebabs laced with brandy — these are dishes I...
View ArticleCorn, India style
** This story has appeared in NPR’s Kitchen Window *** Growing up in an Indian household, I learned only three ways of eating corn (called maize in India): roasted with spices, curried with spices and...
View ArticleMirror, mirror on the wall…
(istock photo) This post is going to be difficult to write. This essay appeared in Parents magazine a while ago. The essay is titled “Here’s looking at me.” It is an essay about growing up feeling...
View ArticleSpice it up!!
(This appeared previously on NPR’s Kitchen Window) Indian by birth, I was raised in the Middle Eastern island nation of Bahrain, nurtured by my mother’s mostly traditional Indian cooking. When I moved...
View Article“Our almost perfect family”
An essay of mine that ran in Parents magazine a while ago generated more mail than i have received on any other piece I have ever written. The essay was about my son wanting a sibling and our journey...
View ArticleThe Ghosts of Cakes Past
The ghosts of cakes past I don’t bake. Let me clarify that: I cannot bake. I did not grow up in a house where anyone baked. I grew up around spiced curries, smoked kebabs and fried milk but never...
View ArticleMy new column: A Year of Lucky Foods
Can food bring us luck? Well, there is only one way to find out! Eat it and see what happens I am so thrilled to announce my online month column with Scripp Network’s Cooking Channel focusing on, yes,...
View ArticleBright tastes and colors of India’s spring: HOLI
Photo – From my personal album shows my family with a cousin who had just been married, all celebrating holi. I am so super excited to share with you my experience and thoughts about the Indian...
View ArticleTaking time for tea
I wrote a feature story for Four Seasons magazine on the history of tea and tea drinking around the world. Sadly, there is no link but I am happy to send you a pdf if you want to read the story. Here...
View ArticleFind the Right Tea to Soothe Body and Soul
I wrote a story for one of my most fav magazines EVER, Spirituality and Health, on tea rituals and finding the right tea for you. I hope you will enjoy the story! Would love your thoughts.
View ArticleAll things radish!!
I recently wrote a story about all things radish!! Do you love radish? How do you use it? Do share! This photo is a picture of my friend’s radish pickle! Radish soaking in vinegar and spices.. Mmmm.
View ArticleRethink Mint!
I did a fun story for Spirituality and Health’s website on mint! Do read the story and let me know what you think. What are some unusual ways that you use mint?
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