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Cooking by color
When I was first learning to cook Indian food, it was all very mysterious to me. I hadn’t heard of most of the spices, much less tasted them often enough to know what they were supposed to taste like....
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Light Brown
Me with H. and A. in Lake Tahoe I am whiter than white. In fact, my legs (which see little sunshine) can blind oncoming traffic. I am also married to a beautifully brown man. Before having kids, I...
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Jungli Murgha
Look at those legs! And that long, graceful neck! That's no Foster Farms chicken! Mother’s Day this year was a bit unconventional, but it was probably my favorite Mother’s Day to date. My wonderful...
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Comfort in a Cup
What comes to mind when you think of comfort food? Is it a particular food that somehow makes everything seem better when you are feeling down? Something crunchy? Salty? Sweet? Fried? Bready? All of...
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Holiday Traditions
I married into a family that is very unlike my family of origin. We are of different races and ethnicities, different religions, different national backgrounds, different cultures. Yet despite these...
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We Are a Spicy Family
I’m often asked whether my kids eat Indian food (read: spicy food). The answer is…kind of. I am of the parenting philosophy that kids should eat what adults eat, at least for dinner when we all sit...
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Indian Wedding: Part 1 (Pre-wedding Festivities)
Being married to an Indian man, I have had the opportunity to go to several Indian weddings, which you might imagine are quite different from a typical American wedding with reception at Mint Springs...
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Indian Wedding: Part 2 (The Clothes and Jewelry)
This is Part 2 of a 4-Part series. You can read Part 1 herejoesjewelry.com . B and I at a wedding in Australia; I’m wearing a sari. Indian clothing and the accompanying jewelry are some of the best...
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Beyond Rice and Roti: Adapting Ethnic Cuisines for the 21-Day Sugar Detox
I’m excited to tell you about my latest contribution to the 21-Day Sugar Detox program! You may already know that I’m fan of the 21-Day Sugar Detox. I have lots of 21DSD-friendly recipes on this blog,...
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