Strawberries come into season between November and March every winter in India. One of the best ways to put those strawberries to use (short of just eating them, of course)…
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The last week has been amongst the most stressful ones I've been through this year. It had started to reach a point where I felt like the stress was starting…
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The Pineapple Upside-down cake was never my favourite sort of cake. Most of the time it'd be dry or overtly sweet, and somehow, cooked pineapple was never something I was…
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I bought the most average plums of the season the other day. They were lush and dark, and quite firm (most lush and dark plums that are purchase-worthy ought to…
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Inertia and procrastination have kept me from posting here for a while now, but I plan to fix that this month. I've always wondered how many people out there actually…
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I haven't set any major resolutions this new year, but I reckon starting the year off with a post (a strawberry and chocolate laden one at that) is probably a…
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I've been looking for a recipe for a good boozy chocolate cake for a while now. Not the ones with a 'hint' of brandy or vodka or rum, but one…
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Many recipes (especially custards and lemon tarts) call for the use of multiple yolks, but most of these recipes aren't thought through completely, and end up with large amounts of…
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I bought a bag of hazelnuts last month, and I've been looking for things to do with them ever since. I'd bookmarked this recipe for chocolate hazelnut biscotti a while…
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Almond biscotti is a deceptively simple thing to make. While you're mixing up the batter, you're thinking, "well, this is all very easy, it barely calls for any special technique…
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Eggs are amongst the most versatile ingredients for a cook with a limited pantry, equipment and time. They form the perfect medium to suspend and assortment of vegetables, flavours and…
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After recently discovering that soufflés aren't as difficult a deal as they're made out to be, I've been dying to try cooking up a savoury soufflé. In principle it's just…
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I always end up buying spinach and letting it wilt before I get down to putting it to any use. I finally broke this spinachy jinx of sorts with this…
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