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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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Sep 11, 20132 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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Dec 10, 20122 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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Nov 3, 20121 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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Oct 21, 20122 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 29, 20121 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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Jun 11, 20122 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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Sep 24, 20112 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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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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Jul 21, 20113 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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Jun 14, 20112 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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Dec 9, 20102 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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Nov 23, 20107 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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Oct 22, 20102 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 12, 20104 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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Jun 6, 20102 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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May 6, 20103 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 21, 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 18, 20101 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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Mar 12, 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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Feb 2, 20103 min read
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