“Let things taste the way they are.” – Alice Waters, chef, author, and owner of Chez Panisse FARM TO TABLE We live in an apartment, but fortunately for us we have balconies and a terrace space that has given us the wonderful option to grow our own farm to table produce. Herbs like basil, mint, parsley, oregano and others like lettuce, kale, pak choy, celery, spinach, fenugreek, rocket leaves, tomatoes, lime etc. Especially when they are in…
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien ON A LOCKDOWN FOOD TRAIL I’ve noticed in the past as well that when the times are tough, food does add a whole new dimension of happiness to our lives. Well, I guess we are the blessed and privileged ones who…
The pandemic sure is wrecking havoc globally, but it definitely has begun to equip us with innumerable coping mechanisms and life-skills which we never imagined we would imbibe. Take for instance my DH. He prefers getting a hair-cut almost every 10 days or so. Given the enormity of the lockdown, there was no way a hair cut would have happened in the weeks to come. His hair had begun to grow like a fertile forest and he was finding it…
“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through, our purpose is to observe, learn, grow and love. And then we return home.” – Australian Aboriginal Proverb Palacio do Deao, a Charming Mansion in Goa I had the good fortune of travelling to Goa, February this year; just before Covid-19 reared its ugly head in India. These are a few snippets from Palaciao do Deao (Dean’s palace), an 18th…
LOCKDOWN SNIPPETS Here are a few things that we have been upto, all during this 21-day lockdown. And yes, there’s more. We work from home diligently every morning from 10 A.M. to about 6 P.M, some times a little more. We also take a lot of reading breaks. And yes, I haven’t watched so much TV in over a decade, as I am watching now. Including…