Spring Table: Kashmir

It’s Spring all around. There is a burst of colour in the garden – nasturtiums and poppies (oh, the gorgeous poppies) return every year in striking new shades like little miracles. Soon, it will be the turn of the street trees to shimmer – the Semal in March, and the Gulmohur in April. While the

Slow-simmered Tomatoes

  My Workshops are but an excuse for me to cook up new recipes for an unsuspecting crowd. Somehow I have never been afraid to try a new, untested recipe for a crowd of complete strangers who are yet to make up their minds about my cooking prowess. In fact, more often than not, I

A Maharashtrian Winter Food Workshop

The next one is here! Let’s enjoy a Maharashtrian repast before this rather warm winter of 2017 turns to Spring. Join me in the kitchen to cook this warming, and immensely happiness-inducing winter menu with recipes I learned from my Mother-in-law. Note the change in the date, it’s January 28, 2017! See you there!

Workshop Announcement

I’m getting the cooking workshop schedule in order for the New Year. The first workshop on Saturday, January 7, 2017 will showcase Southern India, the region that occupies a special place in my kitchen! It’s been scheduled for a young visitor from Japan but I am throwing the class open to anyone who would like to join us in cooking some of