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Being fans of cheese (and having just returned from the Midwest ), we were so excited to be invited by the Wisconsin Cheese Board to a dinner held at Brasserie 8 1/2 in NYC. They were in town for the Fancy Food Show and had arranged for Executive C

Tindora / Dondakaya Chutney is one of the most vital side dish of Andhra. There are so many varieties and variations ..Here is how I make ... Tindora/Dondakaya Ingredients:- Tindora/ Dondakaya - 2 cups Bengal gram /Chana dal -1 tbsp Spli

The title of this post speaks for itself. There aren t many ingredients involved to make this spectacular and I do mean spectacular vegetable dish. For those foodies who were at the 1st Annual Foodbuzz Blogger Festival back in November, you all know w

My mum will make her own nian gao every CNY and its only during this time of the year my kids get to eat it as I never like those ready made ones that are sold in the supermarket. I strongly believed those contains lots and lots of other unhealthy ingre

In France, during Christmas time, eating foie gras is very popular. Remember that the sous vide method was developed by Georges Pralus in the 70s in order to cook foie gras in an optimal way. For the first time I tried to cook myself a duck foie gras

It was two hours before Christmas' Eve, when I wrote this post...and I had to type 2 posts at once and set the schedule for the second post for tomorrow. Yes, we are going away for Christmas. We'll have a little family reunion in Calgary, about 3h driving

This is a simple vanilla cake.Whoever wants to try baking for the first time,can easily start with this.simple ingredients,no hard job,less energy and no mess :) This can be made rich with adding mixed nuts,tutty-fruity,dry fruits etc on the top or mixed

For a while now, I ve been thinking of compiling a family cookbook. This is not quite as easy as it sounds, since we are all scattered over the world, with a big chunk here in the U.S., some in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Bangladesh, where our f

Friends i am back here again!!!! I just became lazy after my holidays and then some personal reasons too... Hope all my blogger buddies are doing great. Thanks to all for visiting my blog and following too. At last I decided to post this which was lying i

Traditional Indian food has protein but not enough. Though lentils (one of the sources of protein), milk and curd are enjoyed on a daily basis, the quantity isn t in large quantities. An occasional rajma (kidney beans) and channa (chickpeas) are thrown in

I am a kind of person who cannot generally eat the same dish again and again. I need change. But there are a couple of dishes that I would not mind eating repeatedly. One such dish is MENASKAI (thats what we say in Kannada) or in simple words a mango cu

Indian cooking challenge for March was Vattayappam from my home state. The recipe given to us was Shn's . Shn has given a very detailed recipe. On a first glance, the recipe might look elaborate and complicated. But its not that difficult. It involves f

For the first of my recipes featuring mustard, I am doing a sauce. There are times in life when you want to start the day with a special meal. But unfortunately breakfast usually falls into 2 categories-- A): dry, dull, tasteless and healthy, or B): cr

Yesterday, for lunch, I made a spicy and delicious stir fry which is simple, healthy and makes a yummy side with rice and sambhar. It?s a very malabari style of making avarakya upperi (also called amarakka/ amarakya in some parts of Kerala / widely know

First it was Tiger Wood. In our backyard, we've got Jerk Jack Neo. These scandals had got me wondering secrets that people keep. Haha, lucky for my friends, I am only interested in their kitchen secrets. That day, I was chatting with to my mal

We came across a classy looking restaurant where special looking olden dynasty style pots were placed at each table. They were used for hotpots buffet. Their normal buffet rate is $28.90++ or you can choose the $14.90++ set with limited selections from th

The Husband is strictly a meat and potatoes man; give him a bloody steak and he is happy. The only exception to this rule is duck confit. Duck confit is duck which has been poached in its own fat. Sounds strange but tastes amazing. Given how much he loves

One of my weaknesses is a good, chewy chocolate chip cookie. It s like my kryptonite. I m not proud of it, but I m pretty much defenseless around them, which is why I don t make chocolate chip cookies very often. Recently, though, I was thumbing through t

serves 4 to 6 prep: 10 minutes cook: 20 minutes Ingredients: 1 lb Baby Potatoes (about 30) 1 1/2 Cups kelp broth 3 Tbsp Soy Sauce 3 Tbsp Sugar

Posted by Donna: As I was "surfing" my cookbooks today, I found this recipe for a cake. I've looked at this for years, but thought it was a recipe for a happy life like we've all seen from time to time. The closer I looked at it, I realized it was ingr

Remember when there was such a thing as a cheap cut of meat? I set out to cook short ribs, a dish I had not made in quite a while, and like purchasing a new vehicle, I was shocked by the sticker price. I understand all the fuss now, I mean, the glamo

Its getting to be too hard getting up early nowadays. (Ignoring the jibe on my side about When have you ever been able to? #$#$$). Anything before 8am, seems to look and feel like 4 am to me! Regular readers of this blog would know about my blah blah s

Brazil's dessert combination of guava paste ( goiabada ) and fresh white cheese called Romeu e Julieta (click here for more on Romeu e Julieta ) has inspired Brazilian pastry chefs and home cooks to create numerous variations on the theme. Some are clo

Dear All, Cookies are made of butter and love. ~Norwegian Proverb Who can say no to an Oreo Cookie? I am still yet to meet someone who dislikes Oreo's. These are very popular amongst kids as well as older generations. During my vi