A strawberry mystery

Blue cheese. Nutella. Lavender. Burrata. Habenero. This could be a list of things I’m crazy about. What it is, is a list of things Amey dislikes, with a healthy dose of disdain thrown in for good measure. Aside from his insidious proclivity to all things lime and my prodigious tendency to all things chilli, there [...]

Three killer desi omelets

Before chat rooms and MySpace, there were pen friends. Did you have one? I had several between the ages of nine and fourteen, who I wrote to diligently every month. We exchanged news and factoids on our country, school, what we read and where are lives were. Then life and school got hectic, took priority [...]

Bravery, baked eggs and a kickin’ sage pesto

Spring in the Bay area has brought some beautiful days along with several gray ones, filled with rain, cold and general gloom all around. I’ve had my low days but for the most part, I’ve been very thankful I’m not truly affected by seasons. This past winter and spring would have done quite a number [...]

Not-so-French toast

I love eggs. The Eggnoggins If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, this may not be news to you. I hope you aren’t tired of hearing it though because this certainly won’t be the last time I play this tune. Eggs are my favourite food. After potatoes, of course, but before everything else. [...]

Hasta la vista 2009

2009 is limping towards its ineluctable exit and very few people, I’m guessing, are going to be sorry to see it go. As years go in the psyche of the human collective, this one has been rather truculent and petty. To put it plainly, it mostly blew for most people. But you know what? While [...]

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