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Halloween Time: Times Scare, Minar and Evil Dead
I didn’t come to really enjoy scary things until well into adulthood. While never averse to horror in book, movie or haunted house form, we grew up mostly with comedies and fantasy books. These last few years I’ve made up for lost ground consuming a steady diet of classic stuff like Nightmare on Elm Street […]
Halloween: Trick of Treating Memories
As a kid, if you grew up in one neighborhood, you could get a rough sense for which houses gave out the good candy and which ones didn’t. On the good list were any kind of chocolate, candy corn and Nerds. My favorite was Charleston Chews since I only got those during Halloween. On the […]
Meatless Monday – It’s Working
Created jointly in 2003 by Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and an ad exec, Meatless Monday was invented to encourage gradual dietary change (and help the environment). Monday was chosen because people are more likely to make lifestyle changes like quiting smoking or begin exercising at the beginning of the week. While Americans still […]
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Loaf Via TastyKitchen
In the fall, coffee, donuts, pies – everything turns to pumpkin. Perhaps my favorite pumpkin recipe though is this gluten free chocolate chip loaf. It comes from the site TastyKitchen. I made the following modifications: Instead of all brown rice flour, we used 1 ¾ brown rice and ¼ cup potato starch. I also reduced […]
A Good Cake Is Hard to Find (in Manhattan)
Cupcakes! Cupcakes! All I see are cupcakes! An old friend of mine and his fiance flew up all the way from Tennesee to elope in New York. After 8 years it was wonderful to catch up and finally meet his better half. Yesterday we met up at the NY Marriage Bureau located on Worth and […]
Chinese Inspired Pork Loin Recipe
With the intention of making a few recipes from Jen Lin-Liu’s book Serve the People I’d purchased the pork tenderloin. Unfortunately I was missing a few basic ingredients so I improvised this recipe for a Chinese 5 spice mini pork pot roast to delicious results. Servings: 3 Prep Time: 10 minutes Suggested Marinade Time: 1+ […]
Food Superstitions
Every culture has food superstitions. When my parents were returning from India I requested a bottle of table mustard called kasundi. People use to believe that this type of mustard, along with boris (dried lentil dumplings) and achar (pickled relish) are bad luck for travel. I had no idea I’d risked my parents lives for […]
Snack Reviews: Swad Farali Chivda Sweet (10oz, Product of India)
I am a sucker for slick packaging. Most of the Swad brand stuff isn’t this glossy. The word farali means fasting. Chivda (AKA chewda/chanachur) is a catchall for a crunchy mixture. During the religious festival known as Navatri, many people fast (though beverages are okay) until the daily puja is done. There is a bit […]
Farmer’s Market Treats: Blueberry Scones
It officially feels like early fall when a light jacket becomes necessary. I particularly enjoyed the walk this morning through Prospect Park to the Grand Army farmer’s market for two reasons: The fall colors are well under way. And as an added bonus it was off-leash hours so scores of cute dogs were out playing. […]
Squash with Coconut Recipe (Lau Ghanto)
Lau aka Doodhi is a long green gourd you can find in Asian markets. It’s mildly sweet tasting and the seeds remind me a bit of those in cucumbers. This preparation is called a ghanto which means mixture in Bengali. Ghantos are generally lightly spiced veggies that are cooked down until the gravy is absorbed. […]
