by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jul 16, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
It was one evening that I got this call from Debjani (she blogs at KitchenofDebjani ) and I could sense the excitement in her voice. Someone had approached her if we were willing to collaborate for a Bengali food festival. Last December, Debjani and I had conducted a...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jul 13, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Ghoti’s love their ambols. Most ghotis I know of, have some kind of ambol everyday, at least my family does. While growing up, I only knew of ‘chutney’ and it was only after marriage, that even ‘kancha aamer jhol’ became ‘kancha...
by Anindya | Jul 12, 2019 | Eating Out, Food, Foodblog |
I had two meals at Taj Bengal Kolkata during my staycation and a breakfast, which was almost a brunch. At the helm of affairs was Sujoy Gupta – Executive Chef Taj Bengal – who had recently taken over the charge. At the launch of Cal 27, the all day dining...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jul 6, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Shorshe is love for a Bengali. You will rarely find a Bong who does not like shorshe. Couple that with chingri and you have shorshe bhapa chingri, a Bengali classic that arouses passion like none other. Someone once said that the secret to great cooking is to first...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jun 17, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Do you remember the song from dil hai ki manta nahi where Pooja Bhatt, in her beautiful off shoulder silk dress and Aamir Khan in his captain cap were romancing in a barn with a watermelon slice? As Pooja Bhatt picks the watermelon seed off Aamir’s cheek and...