I am proud to present a colorful array of grilled goodies cooked up by food bloggers from all around the globe! We have 71 grilled delights here today! These mouthwatering dishes include all sorts of grilled stuff – vegetables, fruits, fish, shrimp, chicken, lamb, steak, salads, sandwiches, pizza you name it, we have it here. A big thanks to Meeta, for giving me the opportunity to host the Monthly Mingle this month. This was quite a party, thank you all for joining us this month and making this event a …

It is that time of the year! Well, at least in this hemisphere that is! Before we know it, summer will be gone… Let’s celebrate the last few weeks of sunshine with some serious cooking fun! Who wants to slog inside the house when it is that nice outside? You want to keep that house cool, right? So, forget the stove, get out and fire up that grill and get grilling! Bring some of those goodies over here for the party of the year, our gorgeous hostess Meeta has assigned …

The talent and enthusiasm of my fellow food bloggers never cease to amaze me! I asked you all to come up with a dish that features Tamarind, and you all happily played along! I am overwhelmed by your support! There are enough varieties of Tamarind based dishes to create a full-fledged multi course meal. My heartfelt thanks to all the participants and a special thanks to Indira of Mahanandi, creator of Jihva for Ingredients for this opportunity!
Without further ado, presenting the JFI-Tamarind round up!
Note: This round-up was generated automatically from …

Jihva for Ingredients aka JFI as it is known among the food bloggers is one of the most popular food blogging events out there. JFI is the brainchild of Indira of Mahanandi, who started this event to celebrate and showcase a different natural ingredient every month. The pleasure of hosting JFI this month is all mine, thank you Indira for this opportunity!
The chosen ingredient this month is Tamarind. Tamarind is an essential ingredient in Indian cuisine and is widely used in other Asian, Latin American and Caribbean cuisines. It is …

My heartfelt thanks to all those who went patrolling the other blogs for drink recipes this month. When I came up with the theme Mixed Drinks for MBP, I was not sure what to expect. I was secretly hoping for some cocktail recipes, but my ever resourceful fellow bloggers came up with some really creative entries for the event.  Whatever you are in the mood for- hot or cold, cocktail or moktail, thick or thin, fruity or milky- you can find something here.
Thanks again to Coffee of The Spice …

Thanks everyone for joining me in my 202nd post celebrations. Wow, I can’t believe most of you could guess most of the answers right! Thanks again to one of the sweetest people in the blogging world, my dearest fried Musical for these thoughtful gifts.
First, here are the answers to the guessing game.

Punjabi Wadi  In Musical’s own words they are spice cakes made out of daal (urad or urad+moong) and petha (ash-gourd), with lots and lots of spice-sun dried to perfection and used as condiments in Punjabi cooking.
Check out the …

First, let me explain the milestone part. This is my 202nd post! Wondering what 202 signifies?  Well, everyone celebrates the magic number 200, not me! 202 is a very special number to me. It was our very first apartment number, and it also was the address of the first house that we owned (well, the mortgage company owned it, but our names were somewhere in the agreement.). And my birthday is Feb 2nd, that is 02-02!! So you see why I want to celebrate the 202nd post, instead of the …

In my last post I mentioned how over-stuffed my “Recipes-to-Try” folder has gotten over the past year, and most of you seems to be in the same boat. As food bloggers, we all spend a lot of time reading our fellow bloggers’ recipes, and every day we come across so many mouthwatering dishes, it is impossible to try every single one. A blog event that encourages trying a recipe from a fellow blogger, is a small nudge in the rear to go hunting through our bookmarks and other blogs to …

When I announced the Lychee theme for A Fruit A Month event, not everyone was happy! Some of you actually hate these fruits (SHOCK!!!) and some of you (spoiled lot ) only like the fresh Lychees! I had a choice – pick a more popular fruit and make it easy for everyone. But what’s the fun in that? I like a tough challenge, if at least one person decided to try Lychees because of this event, and if at least one person will get inspired by this round up, …

Thanks to all those who participated in the AFAM poll. Sorry dear Lychee haters, but the clear winner is this tropical beauty also known as Litchi. Well, the season is almost over; but sure you can find some canned ones or some Lychee Puree or some Lychee Drink. A variety of Lychee products are available at your local Asian markets.
Think you can’t do much with Lychees? Check out this page: http://www.lycheesonline.com/recipes.cfm , there are about one hundred recipes here, from sweet to savory, from appetizers to main dishes, from desserts …

Weekend Breakfast Blogging is a wonderful event started by beautiful and talented Nandita of Saffron Trail. The theme for March was to come up with a breakfast/brunch dish with eggs as the main ingredient. Without further ado I give you the amazing recipes the egg lover foodies -and some egg haters too- have come up with, just in time for Easter.

Stuffed Omelette and Hashbrowns
Sheela of Delectable Victuals brings us a quick and easy but quite filling delicious breakfast of omelettes stuffed with spinach and cheese and spiced with some Madras …

Deadline: March 25th
Hey fellow foodies, this is my very first attempt at a food blogging event!
WBB - Weekend Breakfast Blogging – was started by the beautiful and ever so helpful Nandita from Saffron Trail to popularize breakfast among food bloggers. This month it is my turn to host this wonderful event, and the first thing that came to my mind while I thought about the theme is – Eggs!

For this WBB, I’m challenging all the bloggers to come up with a new twist on eggs.  Just add your own special touch to make …