Food Culture

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Sep 11, 20132 min read

Dinner Courses

this post last year. The 7 course Italian dinners that Janet and Phifinne make are remarkable – taste, ambiance, warmth are all to...

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Dec 10, 20122 min read

How French Kids Eat Everything

Author Karen Le Billon and her husband moved their two young children from Canada to France, and encountered many cultural adjustments...

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Nov 3, 20121 min read

Tiny Kitchen, Great Food

Deb Perleman’s kitchen is even smaller than this one Do you complain about your kitchen being too small, too cluttered or just plain...

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Oct 21, 20122 min read

Nature’s Bounty

The food industry cashed on this demand and now has become a giant monster coming up with variety of unhealthy but mouth watering new...

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Jun 29, 20121 min read

Mango Diet

A cut mango is the best dessert, best snack, best breakfast and lunch food. I usually am not in India during April and May and when I...

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Jun 11, 20122 min read

Ban on Sugary Drinks in New York City

Soda companies argue that education, not outlawing the volume of drink is the best solution to fight the war on obesity. It’s a bit too...

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Sep 24, 20112 min read

Food Fuss

Kids – please stop watching Master Chef. Which one? – all of them! After making a simple but tasty salad yesterday, my son declared it...

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Jul 21, 20113 min read

Cooking to Go Abroad

Mrs. Prabhu is worried. Her daughter Jyoti is going to study abroad, and although Jyothi likes continental food, she What are the first...

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Rita Date

Jul 21, 20113 min read

Maushi’s Chai

Anand is one of the many people you can find at Maushi’s Chai stall at 6am eagerly awaiting the day’s first cup of freshly brewed tea. He...

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Jun 14, 20112 min read

New Stores…New Foods

Fine Foods, Providore, Tutto Bene are a few examples. Dorabjee’s always carried some foreign ingredients but not the variety that they...

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Dec 9, 20102 min read

Chef Mehta

Dev Mehta has the makings of a celebrity chef. He is witty, handsome, and works well with an audience. Recently I had the pleasure of...

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Nov 23, 20107 min read

Pit Cooking…some history

Much of rural India still uses this method for cooking. It was hard work for the women of the house; gathering firewood and constantly...

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Oct 22, 20102 min read

Beautiful People & Beautiful Food

There were no ugly (ok—non good looking) people in Madrid. Every man and woman was attractive. Was it their impeccable dress sense, their...

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Jun 12, 20104 min read

Italian Hospitality

I must have been Italian in my last life. Since I can remember I have always loved Italian food. Growing up in the 70’s Italian food was...

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Jun 6, 20102 min read

Hello Vietnam!

I had never thought about eating Vietnamese food, always preferring Thai or even Chinese. My aunt who knows I like to try different foods...

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May 6, 20103 min read

Mexico, Spain and Cuba — All in Miami!

I am in sunny Miami with the family — swimming by day, partying at night and entertaining the kids in between. It is exhausting at times...

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Mar 21, 20101 min read

French Kids Learn About Food

Watch these short films with your kids… Does TV Make You Fat? How to Feed the World #FoodCulture

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Mar 18, 20101 min read

“Thirst” — A Must See

The wars of the future will be fought not over land, or power, but for something we many times take for granted…water. I recently watched...

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Mar 12, 20103 min read

Memory for Recipes

My laptop is connected to a larger monitor in my bedroom upstairs. I usually plan at least part of my meals from various web sites I...

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Feb 2, 20103 min read

Rice Rocks

Rice, rice and more rice is what is served in South India. As I drive past Belgaum I know that chapattis and bakris will not be a regular...

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