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Archive for October, 2007

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Posted in baltimore adventures on October 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »

“Happy Halloween! May your day be full of treats!”
-Fairy Elana
ps: a crazy delicious pumpkin cupcake recipe will be up tonight.

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a purple meal (and the most tender coconut pie)

Posted in manhattan, new york, new york*: soho, new york: desserts, new york: filipino, sugary sweet!, tagged , on October 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »

[Filipino food at Cendrillon]
 
Cendrillon
45 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 343-9012
In the belly: fresh lumpia, mixed noodles with shiitake, Asian greens, and eggplant fritter, young coconut pie
Rating: Very enjoyable and different- both food and atmosphere. Dessert was unbelievably good.
Last week, Sandhya and I went to Cendrillon, a Filipino restaurant, for lunch. Other than [...]

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for your sunday lunch: a recipe for batata powa (fluffy rice with potatoes)

Posted in indian home cooking, recipe, recipes: breakfast at home, recipes: indian, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Batata Powa (or poha, as it’s called in Hindi) is a Gujarati dish made of fluffy flattened rice (powa) and potatoes (batata). Light, lemony and flecked with shredded coconut and tiny black mustard seeds, this dish is ideal for a simple and savory weekend lunch; in India, it’s often eaten for breakfast.

Batata powa is colored [...]

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pumpkins make me very happy

Posted in boston adventures, pumpkin, recipe, recipes: dessert, sugary sweet!, tagged , on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »

I have dozens of pictures of me with pumpkins. And pictures of pumpkins without me. In this one, I made friends with the cutest baby while sitting in my pumpkin throne:

Pumpkins are so jolly, so happily orange and round that I want to hug them (and sometimes, I do). They look picturesque on bright and [...]

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12 tastes of bombay

Posted in *restaurants: bombay, bombay adventures, cheap, cheesy meals, recipe, recipes: small savory snacks/sidedishes, streetfood, sugary sweet!, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 26, 2007 | 10 Comments »

An American reader visiting Bombay emailed me asking for recommendations of my favorite places to eat in the city. On my list, many places are associated with good memories as well as good food. China Garden might not be the best Indian Chinese in the city (what IS the best Indian Chinese in Bombay? Anyone [...]

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savory lentil cakes: a recipe for handvo

Posted in boston adventures, indian home cooking, recipe, recipes: indian, recipes: small savory snacks/sidedishes, tagged , , , , , , , on October 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I went home this weekend to see the fall colors, eat pumpkin chocolates, and rub my feet on our carpet. I also went to hang out with my dadi (paternal grandmother) who is here from India this month. Dadi has short white hair, nut-colored, spotless skin, and gifted hands. She sews clothes and crotchets scarves [...]

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truffled egg toast

Posted in *restaurants: new york, cheap, cheesy meals, drinks, fancy restaurants, manhattan, new york, new york*: west village, new york: italian, new york: snacks/small meals, tagged , , on October 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »

[sublimely sexy]
Ciabatta, toasted, insides scooped out, filled with 2 egg yolks and fontina cheese, baked, drizzled with truffle oil and sprinkled with black pepper and salt. Cooked, sliced asparagus forms a crown for this gem of a dish. The truffle smells and tastes so good, especially when blended with runny egg. The black pepper is [...]

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brimful of chaat

Posted in *restaurants: new york, cheap, manhattan, new york, new york*: murray hill, new york: indian, new york: snacks/small meals, streetfood, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 18, 2007 | 5 Comments »

[Katie Roll's kati rolls]
Katie Roll
101 Lexington Ave
(between 27th and 28th streets)
New York, NY
(212) 683-4229
In the Belly: spicy chickpeas roll, spinach roll, paneer tikka roll, papdi chaat, pani puri, pav bhaji
Rating: go if you’re desperate.
I am never allowed to eat chaat from the street when visiting Bombay because it’s totally unhygienic, especially in the rainy [...]

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