by Anindya | Jun 24, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
Anyone who has been through the grind of a training at a kitchen from a basic level whether in films or in real life, would tell you one story – how their life began with peeling of skins, be it potato or of onion. The toughest one in any kitchen, home or any...
by Anindya | Jun 21, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
It’s not necessary food always need to tickle the sweet memory spots. I cooked mutton Rogan Josh after almost 8 years. The last time I made this, I was 10 kg lighter, CPI (M) was still in power in West Bengal and a certain gentleman called Virat Kohli was still...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jun 16, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
When I was a kid, ‘phoren’ meant a huge deal for me, escpeaily since I grew up in Port Blair, cut off from the ‘mainland’ in every which way. Yes, we did call the rest of India ‘mainland’, perhaps in Port Blair people still refer to...
by Anindya | Jun 10, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
Blame it on my Ghoti upbringing. My ancestral home was in Bardhaman, my mother had her roots in Bankura. More than a feeling of apartheid towards the people from Bangladesh (who actually chose to settle in this part of the country), it was a disconnect with...
by Anindya | Jun 9, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
When I used to work at Shoppers Stop Kolkata as the Unit Head HR, I had to take rounds across the store more than often to do several manpower audits. There was one section where I always used to see a deep sense of belongingness, thinking, visualizing and heavy duty...