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Cologne Diaries, Europe, Expat Life, Food Thoughts, German Food, Germany, Outside India, Travel Extras, World Food

Heavy, hearty Bavarian dishes: Bavaria on my plate

Bavarian dishes are meant for giants, peasants, and the mountain hale and hearty people. These dishes are monster trucks of […]

March 14, 2022
Africa, Food Thoughts, Outside India, Travel Extras, Tunisia, Tunisian Cuisine

Tunisian dishes you must try

The cuisine of Tunisia is heartwarming and palate-pleasing. It is full of flavour and the Tunisian dishes reflect the country’s […]

January 4, 2022
Europe, Food Thoughts, France, French Food Culture, Outside India, Travel Extras, World Food

French food: eating my way through in Paris

My Paris trip was focused on food. I was suffering from heartbreak and being a true gourmand, ate to feel […]

December 22, 2021
Culture Peeps, Europe, Food Thoughts, France, French Food Culture, Outside India, Travel Extras

Paris Café Culture

Paris Café culture is as quintessential to the city as its wide boulevards, iconic architecture, and haute couture. At nearly […]

December 5, 2021
the autumn fruit of pumpkin
Cologne Diaries, Europe, Expat Life, Food Thoughts, German Food, Germany, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Hello Pumpkin

Fall has set in early this year bringing with it damp skies and rain. Sniffles, sneezes, and warm socks are […]

September 5, 2021
Wazas are the chefs of Kashmiri cuisine called wazwan
Food Thoughts, India, Kashmir, Kashmiri Food, North, Travel Extras

Deciphering the mouth watering Kashmiri cuisine

I took a few days to recover from the orgiastic feasting of Kashmiri Wazwan at a walima or wedding feast […]

February 25, 2021
Food Thoughts, India, Kashmir, Kashmiri Food, Travel Extras

Memories of walima, a Kashmiri wazwan wedding feast

I got introduced to Kashmiri Wazwan a.k.a the Kashmiri royal feast through a very interesting gentleman, whom I had met […]

February 24, 2021
breakfast in Kerala cuisine
Food Thoughts, India, Kerala, Kerala Food, South, Travel Extras

Kerala cuisine, a medley of sugar and spice and everything nice

Kerala cuisine is history on a plate. Due to its location along the Malabar Coast, throughout history, this south Indian […]

February 20, 2021
an ethiopian food platter
Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Food, Food Thoughts, Outside India, Travel Extras

Ethiopian food, a sub Saharan African culinary gem

Ethiopian food is one of my best travel discoveries. In fact, it is one of the highlights of my recent […]

October 4, 2020
bengali food memories
Cairo Chronicles, Expat Life, Food Thoughts, Travel Extras

The power of food memories: the taste of childhood

The Corona lockdown has hit me hard. I am going absolutely berserk. Being in Egypt feels like an imposition now […]

April 1, 2020
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