Sunday is bliss. Lazy let's-snooze-once-more mornings. Idle time-stops-still evenings. Out of turn siestas. Teas, Coffees and Conversations. Taking in that heady smell of the pages of a ...
Kachki Maacher Chorchori (Ganges River Sprats Curry)
Age is catching up fast on Grandma. She no longer spends long hours in the soot -blackened ancient ...
Mourola Maacher Peyaji
My princess must have inherited her love for fish from her Grandfather, Grandma would inevitably ...
Nolen Gurer Bhapa Doi
Grandma is in the kitchen, seated on her ancient pnire, the twin oonoons are still at work despite ...
Chelo Kebab, Peter Cat Style
Waiting in a serpentine queue on a rain-soaked Sunday, an umbrella barely generous to protect the ...
Ranga Alur Puli (Sweet Potato Dumplings)
It’s the afternoon before Sankranti. The house is a cauldron of frenzied activity, the ...
Chitoi Pitha | Chitoi Pithe | Doodh Chitoi
What are those ? A curious me asks Didi, pointing to the soot-blackened earthenware that she, after ...
Fish Florentine I Bhetki Florentine
It was a fog-laced chilly winter morning when S had suggested we head for breakfast to ...
Chicken Roast, Chinatown Style | Chinese Chicken Roast
My Chinese Chicken Roast. Luscious and succulent. Patiently basted with a honey - soy marinade. ...
Mrs Browns Dundee Cake
Mrs Browns Dundee Cake, S had exclaimed when I had asked if he had any preferences for the cake we ...
Rita Aunty’s Prawn Temperado, the Anglo Indian Way
The phone rings for a while before the unmistakable baritone voice of Rita Aunty answers the ...
Nobanno | Nabanno
Thursdays are special. These are Lokkhibaar, days when Grandma and Maa offer prayers to the ...
Ila Mashir Golda Chingrir Korma
There is no one I know who is so full of joie de vivre and exudes as much positivity, even when ...
Garur Dal | Aat Aanajer Dal
Every year, on the last day of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwin , Grandma would cook a special ...
Kumro Phooler Pur (Stuffed Pumpkin Flower Fritters)
The doorbell rang. The man and I are in the garden, S engrossed in his email that has arrived ...