So many stories to write, so much to tell, I promise myself, someday soon…… Life has been busy, but it’s also been unlike any that we have known in our lifetime. As I prepare to reopen my education center after…
Category: Fish
Fish tacos with mini pitas
Summer and vacations go hand in hand. Throw into the pit the eternal search for quick, filling, healthy meals and you realize that you are a lot more creative, though not very original, than you realized. These fish tacos…
Kaffir Lime salmon
My grandmother was a chef par excellence. However, as is the norm with most Indian grandmas, she didn’t pass on any recipes. That is the weirdest thing about history of Indian cooking. Few, if any, ever handed down recipes in written…
Minado Japanese Restaurant, Natick
We wanted to take my Mr L8H senior, my Father in law, somewhere special on his Birthday, and give him a different dining experience. We as a family love Sushi, but he does not want anything to do with raw…
Betki diye Doi Maach ( Barramundi in creamy yogurt sauce)
If you are familiar with the state of West bengal in India, you might also know that Bengalis and ‘Maacher-jhol-bhaat’ are basically synonyms. ‘Maach’ being fish, ‘bhaat’ being rice, Bengalis are stereotyped into eating fish and rice every-single-day. Which, interestingly,is…
Asian Ginger, Foxboro, MA
It’s a blink and miss kind of a place that people drive by without really noticing it. If it were not for a large ‘Asian-Ginger’ sign outside that shows up from quite a distance, this sweet little Japanese sushi joint…
Barking Crab, Newport, RI
After the sumptuous dose of luxury that we were drenched in at the Marble House, we headed out to feast on some seafood. Earlier, we had planned to amble at the Cliffwalk by the sea. We have treaded that route…
Petite Bites – Four Ingredients
Looking for a quick appetizer and want to impress as well? Go for some smoked salmon bites dressed with basil and goat cheese. I also experimented with Harissa as well as balsamic vinegar, but sons vetoed it. This weekend was…
Fish in Kashundi – a mustard relish from Bengal
The clouds of cold are finally lifting from the horizon, slowly, but surely. The residue is there, in form of ice on the ground that has now solidified into rocks, blanketing the green brown earth underneath. That Earth…
Some brain foods and Smoked salmon cream cheese ball
I am not a very organized person. There, I said it. I find it hard to create a time table, and stick to it. Or even create a menu and stick to it. I also love to cook and…
Weekend Gala Dinner Extravaganza #14
The weekly Dinner party is on !!!! Bring your dishes and share with all of us. Don’t you just love dinner parties? I adore them. Large, small, medium, private, public, dancy, fancy, stuck up, footloose, dressy, casual, kiddie, couples,…
Bhapa Illish – Steamed Hilsa Fish in mustard sauce made from scratch
When my sister was a toddler, she loved accompanying my Dad to the market. In India, we have fresh fish and vegetable markets that sell fresh produce and recent catch. Whenever my Dad would go to the fish market, she…
Kerala Style Seer Fish curry for Contest X-treme – a guest post
Today’s post is a Guest post by a very sweet lady named Bini, who requested to participate in my Anniversary Giveaway contest. She is not a blogger, and by her own admissions, she is only starting to know the nuances…
Sorshe Maacher Paturi – Fish in mustard sauce cooked in banana leaf
Right after I started blogging, I came across a blog that was called Coffee and Crumpets. It caught my crumpets like no other. Belonging to generation of Indians whose grandparents served the British, albeit unhappily, we grand kids picked…
An Angry Birdie and grilled fish with roasted pumpkin seeds for dinner
A while ago, on a Friday morning of a long weekend, a little birdie’s husband announced, ” Mr X and his family are coming to dinner. I was speaking with them, and realized we haven’t met in a long…