Cooking up a Thai feast with my fellow foodies at the International Center for Culinary Arts
Whoever coined the phrase “too many cooks spoil the broth” had evidently never been to a group cooking class. He
Fried chicken and condensed milk
You know those crumbs that get left behind on your plate after you’ve eaten something deep-fried, like hash browns for
My thwarted quest for life-changing prawns in Hua Hin
A day before I left for a friend’s wedding in Thailand last week, I frantically googled for local places to
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If Dad can cook, so can You.
…or can you really?
Every time I ask dad how he creates his incredible slow braised, Indian curried turkey, he modestly responds, “It’s not
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…or can you really?
More good eats on our houseboat in Kerala…
It’s a little embarassing that it’s taking me two posts to write about everything I’d crammed in during my stay
Took Kerala to remind me that good seafood often comes in fugly packages
YEECH, THOSE THINGS ARE NASTY. That was my first (politely silent) reaction as a rickety old boatman peered up into
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Spicy Venue set my tongue ablaze…and I still crawled back to beg for more.
The name says it all – ‘Spice wimps, Beware.’ Andhra food can be some of the spiciest fare that you’d
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Takes a lot to arouse the hater in me, but N Grill did it with ease.
The title suggests that I had a not-so-great experience at N Grill in Hyderabad. Understatement. The experience was positively traumatic.
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Braving the storm with mouthfuls of chaat .
I’ve made many a trip to India as I was growing up. And on every one of those trips, every
Buffets are boring, but I’d stifle my yawns for the one at Angeethi.
Jack of all flavors, master of none. That’s what I feel about all-you-can-eat buffets.. I end up gorging on everything
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Eating like locals…juicy barbecqued kababs at Bade Miyan, Hyderabad.
I never feel like I’ve totally discovered the food scene in a city until I’ve hit up at least one
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My quest for the unreal deal, only at Mainland China in Hyderabad.
Yin and I were out on a quest for Indianized Chinese food in Hyderabad. We wanted the totally fake, totally bastardized
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