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Pumpkin Chicken Curry

For my second recipe in the Susan and Shauna series, I planned to go with the Mango Chicken Curry. But when I was staking out her blog, I found a similar curry with pumpkin replacing the mango. So in the spirit of the season, I bring you Shauna's Pumpkin Chicken Curry with Susan's Substitutions and Shortcuts. First off, ...

Weekend Chow-Wow: Honey Toast Cafe

Our weekends usually include one or two (who am I kidding? SEVERAL)  meals out. I bid adieu to all culinary constraints and indulge without - thinking about - the bulge. So, from here on out begins the  Weekend Chow-Wow series - it's a Pow-Wow for foodies. I'll record our weekend's gorging, binge eating, face stuffing, food sampling indulgences. Maybe through ...

Susan and Shauna

Recently, I met Christian author and speaker, Shauna Neiquest. Well, "met" may be a bit of an embellishment for I "read her book Bread and Wine." But, reading the book was kinda almost like meeting Shauna. In it she talks about life and community, ending each chapter with a favorite recipe. I quickly bought a copy for my mom ...

Coffee Credentials

Look out Umrica, Susan Narjala has arrived! And one sure way to verify this: I know exactly how to order at Starbucks. It was only the other day that I heard myself say with quiet confidence, "A tall, non-fat double latte, please." What had seemed to me undecipherable (is that a word?) caffeine-ese only a ...

OK, maybe I should rename my site "New Beginnings on the Gastromomy Circuit". Um, yeah, this blog's about my adventures in grub-land as well. Lunch today was at the totally happening 'Opus' - serving authentic fluffy sannas, tangy pork sorpotel and other lip-smacking Goan fare. Despite a dull headache, I fell in love with the ...

the soup bowl

It's blissfully amusing how well-intentioned relatives assume you're homesick and then proceed to ensure that your will-work-out-and-eat-healthy POA never materialises. I should know. Have been away from home a grand total of 22 days. I can unblinkingly state that my freebie meals outnumber the Bangalore pubs. Well, ok, at least counting the pubs on Residency ...
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