by Dipali Bhasin | Dec 25, 2018 | Food
What is the definition of a good wine?It should start and end with a smile-William Sokolin If there is one post that I am going to enjoy writing about, it’s this one. With a glass of toasty mulled wine by my side and the cheer of festivity in the air, there is...
by Dipali Bhasin | Apr 20, 2018 | Food, Recipes
Did you know that dals were virtually unknown in ancient Bengali cuisine? This is one stark difference between the ancient and contemporary foods of Bengal. The superabundant supply of fish, thanks to its terrain meshed with rivers, delayed the use of pulses as a rich...
by Dipali Bhasin | Jan 25, 2018 | Food
Dal is ubiquitous in India.In fact, it is as common as pasta is to Italy. An emblematic feature of Indian cuisine, dal is an integral part of every Indian thali. Perhaps it’s the closest India has come to a national dish. And why not? It’s readily...
by Dipali Bhasin | Dec 18, 2017 | Food, Recipes
The headlines, a few months back, caught my attention “National War Memorial at Princess Park set to be unveiled on Independence Day 2018”. Like a dam had burst open, memories flooded back to yesteryears. The reason is that when Dad got his posting in the...
