Chicken salad with leftover kebabs. Looking back at Poila Boishakh
What is the tradition of Poila Boishakh or Bengali New year? Other than a few that I remember from my childhood, the pertinent question that needs to be asked is- what is the food tradition of Poila Boishakh? Different houses will have different traditions which have...
Chicken Chaap Kolkata style recipe and the deadly Australian bowling pair
Can chicken chaap with mutton biryani be compared with the opening spell of bowling by Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis? I have seen Imran Khan and Wasim Akram in 1987 (the time is important, as with age the fast bowlers mellow down a little bit), Courtney Walsh and...
Murg Irani recipe and Jeffrey Dujon
There is a small story attached to this recipe. While Madhushree and I were discussing about this dish – as a pillow talk (yes, foodie couples also have food as pillow talks. Interesting? May be boring for few), she admitted that in her childhood when she had...
Cooking up Culinary adventures by Jayabrato Chatterjee with chicken Jhaalfrezi
This is not a cook book. This is not a history book. This is a journey of a cuisine on a long road and getting influenced in turn and assimilating the best of both the worlds. Like any other community, we the Bengalis, take immense pride in our literature, culture, history and food too. This is a review of the recent release by noted author and film maker Jayabrato Chatterjee
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