Chocolate, Olive Oil and Sea Salt Toast
This morning while I was emailing Arjun some shops to go to in Barcelona to bring back olive oil and chorizo, I got distracted by blogs filled with photos of padrón peppers and patatas bravas. But what really stuck in my head was something I hadn’t tried in Barcelona before: chocolate with salt and olive […]
Crusty Hazelnut Loaf Cake
I’ve got to admit, I’m not one of those people who always picks a corner piece of a brownie or the first slice of a freshly-cut pound cake. I’ll let others have it. I much prefer the soft, gooey or buttery (as the case may be) interior. Inadvertently, one fine afternoon, I came across a hazelnut […]
Eating Alone
I’m a lazy cook when it comes to cooking for one. I’ll go to great lengths to cook a meal when I have company, and even take a three hour drive to break bread with friends – but when it comes to fixing myself a meal, I’ll look for as easy way out. I usually […]
Of Copper Pots and Making Memories
For as long as I’ve know the value of cooking in a copper pot, I’ve yearned for one. Every time we’d pass by a shop window at Dehillerin or catch a glimpse of them in kitchens, I’d sigh at the sight of them, hoping that I’ll save up a little money and own a copper […]
Chocolate Chocolate Cake
Everybody must have a good chocolate cake recipe. Everybody. The kind that you scribble down in your notebook, the kind you memorise, the kind your friends keep asking you to make over and over again. And I think, that with this recipe, I’ve found one I love and can see myself going back to, time […]
Video! Blood Orange and Olive Oil Cake
[If you are reading this as an email or in your RSS reader, view the video on the blog] I’m so excited to share with you my first little film! Here’s what Arjun and I usually do on Sunday mornings: visit the Place des Fetes market and come home and make a meal together with […]
Recent Favourites {14.3.13}
I’ve been enjoying a few new things lately that I thought were worth a share. Japanese Ginger Grater Even if I just spoke about this ginger grater alone, I’d consider this a very worthy post. This Japanese grater is absolutely brilliant. I used to use my Microplane for grating fresh ginger, but was invariably stuck […]
Appelflappen
It’s safe to say that Appelflappen, or apple fritters, are my newest obsession. I’ve been making them everyday for the past three day, and sometimes more than just once a day. I’ve made so many different versions of them, I’m pretty sure I can fend any questions about them. Even about how it might be […]
Raspberry & Strawberry Swiss Roll Cake
I made a Swiss Roll Cake today and I’m happy to report that with this cake ends my spate of kitchen mishaps that were a part and parcel of getting acquainted with my new gas oven. I have made over-baked cookies and under-baked cakes that I tried to salvage them in whatever way I could […]
Pistachio, Almond and Chocolate Chunk Cake
I’ve been baking a lot lately: mostly making up for the times I couldn’t bake being stuck with a rickety oven and also in celebration of the fact that I can actually spread my arms out in the kitchen and not hit the wall. I think it’s the cold that’s making me bake loaf cakes […]
Chocolate Chestnut Loaf Cake, TV Appearance and My Orange Kitchen
Seems like whenever I make anything with chestnuts, a post on updates is in order. Here’s an update about a few recent and somewhat unrelated things. ** When I was back home in Bombay in January, I conducted a bunch of baking workshops. Readers from all over the country came over (yes, country! Delhi, Pune, […]
Meringues, Lots and Lots of Meringues
Just when I shot this photo of the little meringue babies, I knew this photo will end up being the opening shot of my feature in this month’s BBC Good Food Magazine. And it was. Here’s the recipe for the versatile vanilla bean meringues. Grab a copy of the Feb ’13 issue to get all […]