It occurred to me as I walked home this morning... Are human beings the only creatures on Earth who cook their food?


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To make it easier to cart the cooking vessels along while travelling, we had great nested systems of cookware!

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I am amazed at the great design and spatial thinking!

When I went for the Bird Survey at the Satpura Tiger Reserve, in Madhya Pradesh,I stayed at the

Cheetal Resort at Madhai

It was a most impressive home stay, but apart from everything else, I spotted this sign:


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Having seen for myself the deteriorating quality of food on trains on the Indian Railways, I watched this interesting documentary on IRCTC:

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It's rather long, watch only if you have the inclination and the time ( Read more... )

My nephew (cousin's son), Rakesh Raghunathan, is a very versatile person; he is, amongst other things, the "sutradhar" for "SuttralAm suvaikkalAm", a show that travels through Tamil Nadu, showcasing the different cuisines.

Recently, one episode that was featured from ThiruvAnaikkOvil (near TiruchirApaLLi) was this one:

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This was shot in an eatery ( Read more... )

Recipe for sour lady finger curry ( Read more... )

How I followed this recipe (with some variations).

Today's directions on the fridge board for me said, "D cook north Indian brinjal dish"

So I looked up

Tarla Dalal's recipe

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I decided to make mooli (radish) parathas. Ofkose I didn't photograph most of the donkey work...the grating of the mooli, the mixing with the spices, the draining of the mooli water, the kneading of the dough, and the rolling out the parathas...I've just photographed the parathas being cooked on the tava, with oil and a touch of ghee (lower that ( Read more... )

I went to the Farmers' Market with my friends Divya and Chinmay, who've just arrived in St.Louis, with their son, Siddhartha. I love mushrooms, and I saw a nice lot of it there. But AM had told me they are not everyone else's favourite, so...since I love my daughter, I came home without buying them ( Read more... )

One of the pleasures of the summer is certainly....mangoes! From the most unripe to the most ripe, we can enjoy mangoes in a variety of ways...and with unripe mangoes, we can make a variety of pickles ( Read more... )