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How does a wild-caught trout taste?

I have heard that all wild fish taste different – they are gamey – a quality I am slowly learning to appreciate. By living in a city, I hardl...

From Cherries to Cups

A coffee tour that begins from picking up coffee cherries and ends in freshly brewed coffee. I was intrigued! The tour, operated by Assa Coffee in ...

Hindu Tradition, Food Banks, and A Local Cook Off

Win two VIP tickets to Carpenter’s Cook Off valued at $130 for just commenting on this post before the Tax day, April 15, 2013 ...

Organic Pesticides

“Organic ≠ Pesticide-free” “Organic” doesn’t mean pesticide-free! Organic farmers are allowed to use commercially manufactured...

A Footpath Bakery

Freshly baked homemade cookies are not considered Indian. Commercial cookies, called locally biscuits, are everywhere in this sweet loving predomin...

I usually don’t make recipes that I see on the TV. After watching Alton Brown making fish taco (recipe here) in Good Eats, I jumped right in to construct similar fish tacos made from pan grilled fish doused in cilantro. I love cilantro and usually don’t like authentic fried fish in fi...

FoodScope #3

The image is of a section of cilantro leaf. Thanks for all who guess the image of the food. The winner of prize for this week is being contacted, who will get five Saffron Road coupons redeemable for its products. These are fresh leaves of plant commonly associated in Mexican and Indian ...

Making Vegetarian Momo

Momo is my favorite food. For those who don’t know about momo, it’s a very similar to Chinese potstickers/dumplings or Japanese gyōza. To be honest, I was quite conflicted either to call my dish, momo or gyōza or dumplings, before writing this post. Other words are probably understood more ...

Chakki – millstones from Indian subcontinent

My first pragmatic instinct nags me that baking bread or freshly grinding spices or knitting are rather indulgence celebrating a romanticized past. I later realize that those who bake bread can eat it warm, or those who knit can choose eccentric designs, or those who grind pepper can get wholesom...

Roasting tomatoes

Usually tomato vendors in any local farmers market sell slightly damaged organic tomatoes at a huge discount. Most of these tomatoes have small bruises due to transportation. I love getting these tomatoes for my sauce or to use as a base ingredient in my future dishes. Since I can’t store them ...