Just a couple of days before I head back home, Maa and I are at our local vegetable market and that the array ...
Bengali Food Photography
Koraishutir Patishapta (Savoury Crepes with Spicy Green Peas Stuffing)
The walk shall be long, Bapi cautions, are you sure you want to walk all the way ? I nod in ...
Hnaaribondho Mangsho (Mutton Cooked in Dum, Dinajpur Style)
Wake up, Bapi whispers into my ears, the bus shall be here at six sharp. Ten more minutes, I request ...
Christmas Fruit Cake | Christmas Plum Cake
Christmas is about celebration, festivities and joy. The joy of life. The joy of sharing and ...
Mouri Bandhakopi
A close friend sends me a gorgeous cabbage from her garden this morning. It’s not easy to grow cabbage, she ...
Keemar Labra (Mutton Mince with Vegetables)
The shrill of the telephone bell punctuates the serene tranquil of a mist-laced autumn-melting-into-winter ...
Koi Phulkopi (Climbing Perch with Cauliflower)
Manikkaka gets home a plump little cauliflower, august with its pompous crown of green. I am elated. We are ...
Chingri diye Kolai Dal (Urad Dal with Shrimps)
One autumn evening, Bapi brings home a pair of binoculars. A childhood friend of his had been visiting and he ...
Lonka Pora Rui /Katla (Rohu / Katla with Charred Red Chilli Paste)
It’s a sultry summer morning, the ancient fan whirring above struggles to provide any respite from the ...
Taler Pitha
There’s a melancholy despair about Bijoya Doshomi. It’s meant to be a day of festivities and celebration, ...
Pujor Ranna | Durga Pujor Bhuribhoj
One day to go and She shall be arriving. My lal-par saree has been laundered and ironed. The kansa has ...
Nolen Gurer Sandesh | Sondesh| Norom Paker Sandesh
Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled having ...












