Week 21 highlights : I have started going to the French Institute : Alliance Francaise. I have visited the Alliance Francaise, in each city I have called home , or stayed for sometime. I just don’t know why it took my almost 4.5 months to visit this one. It just did not occur to me….
Category: Straight from the heart
Food takes you places – makes new friends
Yesterday I happened to see a post on pork curry on a Calcutta based food platform, unable to resist I commented that it reminded me of the multiple visits to Coorg. The reply from the person who actually posted it said, when you are saying so , it must look authentic. When I initially replied…
4 to 5 hours – to explore NYC (Manhattan)
In week 19 , another memorable experience was meeting Diptarka , and being able to show him around a bit of Manhattan. This little foodie friend was enroute to Sao Paolo with a layover of about 12 hours in New York. When he pinged me from India informing me about his plan , I was…
Be it in Garden City or Garden State, we love hosting friends
At the end of week 19 and having met or hosted about 4 friends from Pune, Bangalore , Kolkata in this part of the world , I feel confident to step out alone . When my friends have a stipulated time to discover New York or have specific things to see or eat , I…
I count my blessings – a simple dinner loaded with affection !
When it comes to be invited to homes , asked to have home food , I am really very very lucky. Be it in my country or outside , I have been very fortunate to have been called to various homes and shared their food . In this context , I must mention about this…
Merry Christmas – Joyeux Noel – Feliz Navidad !!
We bengalis take our ‘baro din’ very seriously, we can’t celebrate it without visiting Park Street or eating cake. Back in my ‘Calcutta days’ the obvious options would have been Nahoum’s or Flurys .Now , life can take the bengalee out of Bengal , but can it put aside my ‘bangaliana’. Though I had just…
How was the year 2018 for me
As 2018 comes to an end …. When the year started we had only one big thing in mind, my brother’s marriage. As usual we took a break in January , but saved all other days to visit Kolkata.In February it was a big leap ,a new member added to our family. In March I…
Avrils Food Journee 