You shouldn’t trust me. Because, I am the sort of person who changes the way she likes to take her tea often — the sort of a person my grandmother always said she didn’t trust. And I fell in love…
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Grandmothers… & culinary legacies
When Rushina called me over a month ago, to tell me about her upcoming Marathi Mejwani session in the Culinary Legacy series at APB Cook Studio, I jumped with joy. She wanted to explore the cuisine of Maharashtra. The line-up…
Got to Mamagoto!
Delhi vs Mumbai debates are incomplete without the ‘hamare paas behtar khana hai’ line being dropped. Sure, we don’t have the paranthas, nor do we have Jama Masjid ke kebab. But what we do have now is a Mumbai outpost…
Getting Kinky With Spanish Food
During the days leading up to the wedding, a lot of my friends asked me what our favourite activity as a couple was. The weighing scale, the credit card bill and an entire hard disk full of pictures would prove…
My new favourite restaurant
Impresario restaurants have managed to be in my favourite picks around the city for a long time. If its a casual meeting, Mocha Mojo’s wholewheat bagels and shakes. If I need a comfortable environment near work to have an intimate…
Don’t even try this: 365 days without chocolate
On New Year’s Eve, 2010 I joked about giving up chocolate for a year. I had tried it before and failed. Yet, I wanted to try it again. “Haha, you’ll be eating chocolate by 10am,” a friend teased. And that…
Food Review: Neel takes over Tote on Turf, one kebab at a time
Pulling up in the driveway, you’d think you’ve arrived at the Tote on Turf. As you walk through, you may wonder where the open kitchen went, but still have no inkling of the big change. However, a faint aroma of…
A taste of the Italian Riviera
Cinque Terre literally means ‘Five Lands’. The five villages —Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore— are a part of Liguria province that is home to the Italian Riviera. “The villages are not very far from each other. You…
A healthy burger is not an oxymoron at Gostana
Gostana is a warm little place that nestles right next to an Italian restaurant. As soon as you enter, retro tunes serenade you and the brightly lit, spotless counter where burgers are being decorated makes you salivate. We pick a…
Le Pain Quotidien, Mumbai: Le unimpressive
The new addition to the bouquet of informal restaurants at Colaba is something that I shied from pronouncing for a long time. But finally I managed to get myself to a table at Le Pain Quotidien, an international bakery and…