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A yellow Nano and its Able driver
The first time I sat in one and turned on the little two-cylinder motor, it juddered and rumbled . It was uncanny how much I loved it at that moment. And I have sat in many a car and felt … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Driving, India, writing
Tagged book review, cars, driving, India, Jersey, Nano, Nano diaries, Ratan Tata, Tata Motors, Tata Nano, The Nanologues, Vanessa Able
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Not everything home made is manna
The flames have all died down and shop-front sweet-box displays have been put away till Diwali season arrives again in India next year. Our local sweet shop did so much business this year, that it encroached on the sidewalk to … Continue reading
Posted in Food, food memories, India, television, weight loss
Tagged chapati, CTC tea, fermentation, ghee, Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best, idli, India, lectin, Masterchef Australia, par-boiled rice, phytic acid, Rice, TLC India, Weston Price, whole-grain, whole-grain fad
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Enid and Julia: Virtual and real food memories
Most of what we enjoy about food today has something to do with our earliest food memories. Those were the days before The Simpsons, before Homer could utter your name and voila you became instant pop culture reference. Julia Child … Continue reading
Posted in Food, India, Recipe
Tagged Brunch, brunch food, Burgundy, butter pastry, cooking, Dijon Mustard, Enid Blyton, Flour, Food, french cuisine, hard boiled eggs, How to Eat, Julia Child, Julie and Julia, Malory Towers, Merilees Parker, Mustard (condiment), Nigella Feasts, Nigella Lawson, Olive oil, Pastry, Planet Food, recipes, Rough Puff Pastry, Samosa, short-crust pastry, Shortcrust pastry, Simca, tart, Tart Dijonaise, The Famous Five, The Way to Cook
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Food chauvinism, is that even a thing?
Eating and even cooking are entirely about taste and preference. Such things are subjective, eccentric and peculiar to the individual. So I find it strange that there are cooking competitions like the MasterChef series, where judges award the best dish … Continue reading
Posted in Food, India, television
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef, coconut oil, cuisine, extra-virgin olive oil, fondue, Food, Gary Rhodes, India, Indian cuisine, Indian food tastes, Marut Sikka, MasterChef, mustard oil, Olive oil, Papua New Guinea, passata, Pav Bhaji, Reverse Exploration, Rhodes across India, Rhodes across Italy, television, The Big Bang Theory
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Do you want to exercise or get thin?
The best gym I ever saw was in a movie. Oddball comedy Dodgeball starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughan showed us the two metaphorical extremes possible in the world of gymnasiums _ one run by a fanatical former fat person … Continue reading
Posted in India, weight loss
Tagged balanced diet, ben stiller, body sculpting, dodgeball, exercise, gym, gymnasiums, healthy diet, India, losing weight, neighbourhood gyms, non-diet meals, nutritionist, nutritionists, overweight, vince vaughan, weight loss, weight loss business, weight loss clinic, weight loss industry, weight loss obsession
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