Week after week I would watch Downton Abbey. Mrs. Patmore would cook up the most elaborate meals that I have ever seen. It must be so c...

Earlier this month, I bought a beautiful pendant from Istanbul on Ebay.  It is handmade with a lapis stone in the middle and Arabic written ...

  My mother was a cook between Gordon Ramsey of Hell’s Kitchen and Martha Stewart.   Mom didn’t cook fancy dishes like souffles or ...

  We have all been there.  Someone whom we loved or trusted or both, betrayed us.  Then you think of ways to get them back for what the...

I love curry. I found a wonderful recipe using shrimp and paneer ( recipe here ). Recently, I learned how to make paneer, which is a ch...

I came across this recipe in the book 500 Curries by Mridula Baljekar and wanted to try it.  It is simple and makes good use of left o...

I had a Dancerina doll when I was about 9 years old.  I loved to caress her thick blonde hair that was neatly pulled back into a pony tail. ...

I have been researching my family history for a very long time, especially the Campbell line.  On Wednesday of this week, I met with the DAR...

 Lapis dealers in the Namak Mandi (salt bazzar) Peshawar  Those royal blue stones called Lapis Lazuli have been around for eons. Th...

They say that necessity is the mother of invention.  Well, I need lunch for tomorrow. So, therefore, I must cook something.  Some day...