So, which Sex and the City character are you? If I must choose, I might fit somewhere between a Carrie and a Miranda. I am a big SATC fan- well, of the early seasons, it went downhill towards the end- but I can’t believe the hype that this movie’s got! It is like the Star [...]
I know, it’s been a while since I posted something here. No big excuse, other than the same old story of a hectic work week. However we had our first summer barbecue on Saturday, where I tried out a bunch of new dishes. Even though the thought of blogging was the real inspiration behind trying [...]
We had beautiful weather in Seattle this weekend. I went hiking on Saturday with my friend M. M is one of those exercise freaks who wears a pedometer every day and goes to the gym for fun. When it is raining outside, she sometimes goes up and down the stairs in our office building to [...]
Do you know what a clear liquid diet is? Do you know there is something called good bacteria in your stomach? Do you know what acidophilus is? Do you know why they call it an Emergency Room if they make you wait for 4 hours before you get to see even a nurse? These are [...]
Past few days might have been the most humdrum foodie days of our lifetime. There hasn’t been any cooking happening in our house, and actually not much eating either. I won’t go into the details today, but it’s really been a difficult time. I might feel like writing about it some other time, today is [...]
Fair Trade, Certified Humane, Organic, Homegrown, Sustainable, Local -Are you as confused by these labels as I am? You want to eat right, but how do you define what is right anymore? I know it is an age old debate - the merits of local vs organic, but even that is not the end of the [...]
I recently realized how much dependant we are on rice. We cook rice most days mainly because that is familiar and is the easiest thing to prepare! I love my rice, but I don’t need it everyday. Anyway since I have enough quantities of of Basmati, jasmine, rosematta, Himalayan red and Kalijira rice in the [...]
It took us about three weekends of R&R to get back into schedule after the India vacation. We were just cruising through the daily grind, not cooking much or even going out much, mainly doing take-outs and quick fix meals. Siv getting sick in the middle really delayed the transition process. But finally we are [...]
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