quick eggs and tomato

feeling inspired this morning, i rose early and cleaned, did my laundry, got groceries, and went to the gym. after such an unusually productive few hours, i felt that i deserved something awesome to eat. however, after being so unusually productive, i didn’t really feel like cooking. i did a little experimenting and enjoyed the [...]

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a cake for the fall: spiced carrot layer cake

I’ve been longing for the fall, so I made a carrot cake, the color of fall leaves. It is soft and spiced with ginger and orange, cinnamon and the sweetness of carrot. It has equal amounts of whole wheat flour and white flour. Shredded coconut and ground almonds make an appearance. Its cream cheese frosting, [...]

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groceries and produce in bombay

Last weekend, we drove to Hypercity in Malad. Hypercity is set up like an American grocery store, with fresh produce, grains, lentils, and packaged goods all under one roof, along with an electronics area, a book store, and a kitchen store. This is a novel concept in India. I buy vegetables from the bhaji-wallas, who [...]

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sloshing through a strem

Lately we’ve been in town quite often on the weekends, and our days loom ahead of us, giant, empty spaces to fill. Sunday morning at 7, we went on a nature walk with the Bombay Natural History Society in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The park was so green, and since we were walking on [...]

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weekend fare: creamy scrambled eggs with lemon and hash browns cooked in ghee (clarified butter)

Sam Sifton’s creamy scrambled eggs are a revelation. After trying them, I truly have difficulty imagining how I ate regular, tougher scrambled eggs. These eggs are satiny and bright with lemon and the mildest bite of silky scallion. We make these fairly often, mostly on lazy mornings in Alibaug, when the sun is too strong [...]

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gazpacho soup

Soup. Especially blended soup. Is there anything more boring? A bunch of vegetables, boiled to death and pureed. Soup  takes the joy out of eating. Non-soup meals have distinct flavors and smells and smooth, creamy, and crunchy textures, whereas soup, for the most part, is one temperature, one texture, and an amalgamation of flavors that [...]

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