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  • I know this space has been silent for over a week, you must be annoyed at my inconsistency in blogging , well I understand that. Summer is in full swing now and that means more outdoor activities will be waiting for us. We will keep you updated with that and before starting with my new adventures, let me first finish this Florida backlogs. I hate backlogs but sometimes has to deal with it. So here we are again after taking...

    Magic Kingdom & EPCOT – Disney World Orlando

    Posted on June 13, 2013 | 2 Comments
    I know this space has been silent for over a week, you must be annoyed at my inconsistency in blogging , well I understand that. Summer is in full swing now and that means more outdoor activities will be waiting for us. We will keep you updated with that and before starting with my new adventures, let me first finish this Florida backlogs. I hate backlogs but sometimes has to deal with it. So here we are again after taking...

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Baking
  • This was an anniversary cum birthday cake. It had to be special. For the chocolate aficionado, it can not be better gift than anything else. Though the cake was baked in the oven but the first imaginary seed germinated weeks before in my mind, slowly the vision becomes more clearer. I knew how and what kind of cake I wanted to bake. All things are complex before they are simplified into few easy and simple steps. Flavors were sorted out....16May 28, 2013

    Chocolate cake with mousse filling and covered with ganache – best ever extravagant chocolate cake

    This was an anniversary cum birthday cake. It had to be special. For the chocolate aficionado, it can not be better gift than anything else. Though the cake was baked in the oven but the first imaginary seed germinated weeks before in my mind, slowly the vision becomes more clearer. I knew how and what kind of cake I wanted to bake. All things are complex before they are simplified into few easy and simple steps. Flavors were sorted out….

  • A week gone by with no foodie talk, so to engage you once more with our rants, we are back this time with everyone’s favourite food – Pizza ! and not so short story ! After the successful noodle invasion of late 60′s, India saw yet another invasion in early 90′s and this time it was the Italian pizza across the mediterranean. Before that , mini size pizzas from the small bakers across the  street remained as an evening snack. Small...8May 13, 2013

    Hawaiian ham and pineapple pizza in barbecue sauce – home baked from scratch

    A week gone by with no foodie talk, so to engage you once more with our rants, we are back this time with everyone’s favourite food – Pizza ! and not so short story ! After the successful noodle invasion of late 60′s, India saw yet another invasion in early 90′s and this time it was the Italian pizza across the mediterranean. Before that , mini size pizzas from the small bakers across the  street remained as an evening snack. Small…

  •   Baking excites me to the point that I feel de-stressed whenever I tried something different, learnt something new in the process, just like this cake. Till date I have never tried or tasted a yeasted cake before.  Yeast to the best of my knowledge  is good for making breads, and in that too I sometimes failed. So when Natalia of Gatti Fili e Farina  challenged us to make a traditional Savarin cake, I was not sure that I would love to...6April 30, 2013

    Savarin in saffron- pineapple syrup and Chantilly cream – Daring Bakers April challenge

      Baking excites me to the point that I feel de-stressed whenever I tried something different, learnt something new in the process, just like this cake. Till date I have never tried or tasted a yeasted cake before.  Yeast to the best of my knowledge  is good for making breads, and in that too I sometimes failed. So when Natalia of Gatti Fili e Farina  challenged us to make a traditional Savarin cake, I was not sure that I would love to…

More Recipes
  • If music be the food of love, play on. ~William Shakespeare  In the midst of scorching heat, why I am inviting you to the bowl of hot and spicy stir fry ? Should nt I suppose to post few cool and calm smoothies, or salads or margaritas ! Yeah ! I love the last one. Unless my mind stops following the seasons or have some chemical malfunction in my head ! Or it could be that I have recently found an Oriental store...

    Thai eggplants with cherry tomatoes – a quick stir fry with lots of basil

    Posted on June 5, 2013 | 3 Comments
    If music be the food of love, play on. ~William Shakespeare  In the midst of scorching heat, why I am inviting you to the bowl of hot and spicy stir fry ? Should nt I suppose to post few cool and calm smoothies, or salads or margaritas ! Yeah ! I love the last one. Unless my mind stops following the seasons or have some chemical malfunction in my head ! Or it could be that I have recently found an Oriental store...

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  • Let me tell you this is the best summer refreshment of the season, you can get. This colorful salsa bursting with loads of flavor can put even the lime margaritas to shame. And this does not happen in a day… ” One fine summer afternoon,  Pineapple and Mango decided to stroll along the beaches and they ask Avocado to accompany them, together they go happily, merrily,  singing and dancing to the tune of salsa until they caught under the light...

    Pineapple, mango and avocado salsa – the best summer refreshment of the season

    Posted on May 22, 2013 | 5 Comments
    Let me tell you this is the best summer refreshment of the season, you can get. This colorful salsa bursting with loads of flavor can put even the lime margaritas to shame. And this does not happen in a day… ” One fine summer afternoon,  Pineapple and Mango decided to stroll along the beaches and they ask Avocado to accompany them, together they go happily, merrily,  singing and dancing to the tune of salsa until they caught under the light...

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  • Cold darker evenings with knee-deep snow outside the window, a steaming pot of stewed lamb on the stove, whose aromatic smells wafting through the house and a hot cup of tea snugly fitted in your palm and good book on your lap are perhaps the best ways to enjoy the winter luxuries. Winter is the season that I loved most for many reasons. I know it is equally unpardonable to talk about the warmth of winter in scorching heat of...

    Lamb korma in saffron and almond sauce – fiction to table

    Posted on May 19, 2013 | 1 Comment
    Cold darker evenings with knee-deep snow outside the window, a steaming pot of stewed lamb on the stove, whose aromatic smells wafting through the house and a hot cup of tea snugly fitted in your palm and good book on your lap are perhaps the best ways to enjoy the winter luxuries. Winter is the season that I loved most for many reasons. I know it is equally unpardonable to talk about the warmth of winter in scorching heat of...

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  • Couple of days back, a reader wrote on the wall of Facebook page of  a prominent blogger that her post are too heavy with prose. Obviously we felt bad about that and at the same time it gave me enough food for thought to ponder on this topic. Today’s post is all about nailing the dilemma of writing “prose or no prose“. In the mid 90′s or early 2000′s when the concept of blogging was taking shape, it was more like keeping...

    Sajne data chorchori / drumsticks with vegetables in Bengali style

    Posted on May 16, 2013 | 5 Comments
    Couple of days back, a reader wrote on the wall of Facebook page of  a prominent blogger that her post are too heavy with prose. Obviously we felt bad about that and at the same time it gave me enough food for thought to ponder on this topic. Today’s post is all about nailing the dilemma of writing “prose or no prose“. In the mid 90′s or early 2000′s when the concept of blogging was taking shape, it was more like keeping...

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Travels
  • Continuing from my previous post on  Disney World - Animal kingdom park, which am sure you have loved it,  on this weekend travel post we are portraying Universal Studios through our lens. Universal studio is very fascinating, the buildings, the streets, the towns all modeled after their famous movies is worth seeing, worth visiting and we spent little over half a day there. For the shrimp lovers, Bubba Gump shrimps has their restaurant right there near the entrance to the park. Food...2April 26, 2013

    Universal Studios Orlando – a photo essay

    Continuing from my previous post on  Disney World - Animal kingdom park, which am sure you have loved it,  on this weekend travel post we are portraying Universal Studios through our lens. Universal studio is very fascinating, the buildings, the streets, the towns all modeled after their famous movies is worth seeing, worth visiting and we spent little over half a day there. For the shrimp lovers, Bubba Gump shrimps has their restaurant right there near the entrance to the park. Food…

  • A bunch of youngsters in their 20′s shouting, unapologetic, shrieking  laughing , singing and as the train speedily wind its way through the lower Shivalik foothills, passing though so many tunnels, all eyes were upon the breathtaking views that slowly unfolds before us and gradually the cluttered noises ceases to engulf a complete silence ! It was our study tour to Shimla but looks more like picnic party than anything else. Shimla welcomed us with a surprise shower of rain and the jeep that was assigned to take us to our...2March 31, 2013

    Shimla the nostalgia never ends and 10 best things to do there !

    A bunch of youngsters in their 20′s shouting, unapologetic, shrieking  laughing , singing and as the train speedily wind its way through the lower Shivalik foothills, passing though so many tunnels, all eyes were upon the breathtaking views that slowly unfolds before us and gradually the cluttered noises ceases to engulf a complete silence ! It was our study tour to Shimla but looks more like picnic party than anything else. Shimla welcomed us with a surprise shower of rain and the jeep that was assigned to take us to our…

  • I generally do not brag about my shopping escapades  and more than anything else I love to explore the markets rather than buying everything on its first sight …  but when someone asked me the other day what to buy from India?  I was perplexed, do not know where to start from ? Hence this post … India is a shopper’s paradise, you just can’t beat the incredible variety of gorgeous items at low prices, can be quiet overwhelming with multitude of choices and ranges, from...1March 21, 2013

    Best things to buy from India – a shopping destination

    I generally do not brag about my shopping escapades  and more than anything else I love to explore the markets rather than buying everything on its first sight …  but when someone asked me the other day what to buy from India?  I was perplexed, do not know where to start from ? Hence this post … India is a shopper’s paradise, you just can’t beat the incredible variety of gorgeous items at low prices, can be quiet overwhelming with multitude of choices and ranges, from…

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