right now...

van halen's 'right now' plays softly in the background...

Nice article about being a Locavore.

...another one here.

Eat local. Eat Seasonal.

Food, Photography & Chai...

* No, no..I am not suffering from the after effects of 'Under the Tuscan Sun....
* Sunday cleaning of my book shelf yielded an amazing result.
* Result being a beautiful cook book gifted by my Mother-in-law few years back.
* What was it doing on a bookshelf for few year? Beats me!
* Italy- The Vegetarian Table by Julia Della Croce.
* Photography by Deborah Jones *Swoon*
* Many 'Colours of my life' in one place- Food, Photography, Exotic Destination (This can't be a coincidence?)
* I mean look at this...her rustic styling, attenion to detail, lighting...transports me to an imaginary world which I guess would be Italy, food cooked by Julia Della Croce, photographed by Deborah Jones and me enjoying all this & sipping my hot cup of chai... Will be away for a couple of days...will see you in a while...
Take care and enjoy your cup of chai...

of wines & bottles...

Nothing like sipping your favourite red wine with friends on a Saturday evening, over some interesting conversation...My husband loves Red Wine & I indulge occasionally :-) We've tried many Indian wines and Sula -Cabernet Shiraz from Nashik Valley is good. I love the packaging which is very Indian.(Did I mention I collect interesting wine bottles ;-)
Love the Sun graphic on the lid...Ok and then what do you do with empty wine bottles?

:-)

~Orange~

I don't mind packaged fruit juices but nothing to beat freshly squeezed Orange Juice.

I love the orange colour, the refreshing smell and the taste & so does Mallika.

So, fresh orange juice anyone?

I'm Back!

Yes, Yes, I have just been plain lazy. Have been checking out all the interesting blogs, have been addicted to Flickr and more recently food blogs.
Do check out Mahanandi for cooking with consciousness. I tried out her recipe for Vegetable Pongal with Red rice. Delicious!
So next time, when you are stuck with the question at 4.30 p.m.'What to cook for dinner?"just check out her blog.

Other things that I am busy doing nowadays.
* Loving my Tetley Elaichi Tea.
* Planting mint and coriander.
* Listening to Radio Indigo.
* Spring cleaning.
* Cleaning my hob & chimney with 'Easy Off Bang' ( yes it works!!!, the grease just came off in a jiffy)
* Uploading loads of pictures on Flickr.
* Trying to balance the task of managing 3 blogs that I have started.