(Update: Just lost TV and cable Internet. Hope we don’t lose power) (Update 2: TV and cable Internet restored after 4 hours.) God, we’re completely snowed in today. Several inches of snow on the ground outside. And it’s still snowing. The weathermen are warning this is a big winter storm and that travel conditions could […]
Boy, these are hard times for restaurants in the U.S., particularly for Indian restaurants that are starting to see long and dark shadows fall over them. Real hard times, folks. Market researcher NPD has just put out a report that traffic for casual dining restaurants in the U.S. declined 4% in this year’s spring quarter […]
Not for us roasted lamb, ham, hardboiled eggs or cakes this Easter. We decided to try something novel this year – Strawberry Kesaribath. Indians are no strangers to Kesaribath a.k.a Rava Kesari or Ksheera. Walk into any Indian vegetarian restaurant and there it is staring at you with that order-me-now look on the menu. Whether you […]
Friends and family often ask us whether we’re waddling advertisements for the laughing Buddha, you know the one with the swollen belly. You see, like most Indians we relish our Malai Kofta, Navaratan Korma, Chicken Chettinad, Idli, Vada, Gojju, Masala Dosa and those delectable desi sweets like Jangir, Doodhi Halwa, Kesar Peda, Badam Halwa, Haigreeva et al. From […]