Celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in a Delhi garden patterned with lighted clay diyas and festooned with pink rose petals and orange marigolds was nothing short of magic. Wide white mattresses kept us inches from the damp grass of the lawn as servers passed around trays of savory snacks, sweet pastries, and Indian […]
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WanderFood Wednesday: Chasing Chai
Years before I stepped foot onto the red dirt of Delhi streets, one of my oldest friends sat me down in his kitchen in Santa Barbara and made masala chai from scratch, adding a dash of cayenne – two tricks he had learned on a recent trip to Morocco. I was hooked from the start, […]
WanderFood Wednesday: Indian Khichdi Made Easy
It’s not often I get to properly geek out with someone over cooking, much less cooking Indian food. To have a proper geek out session, you need to find someone as exuberant as you are, with a few quirky notions of their own. Like me for example, I make nachos out of anything – and did you […]