cooking
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Egg Curry.
I decided to cook Indian food last night. Such decisions are not made often enough in the Gujarathi household. Call me a stickler, but I don’t like cooking Indian food in my small apartment. The strong spices make everything smell like curry for days. The smell sticks to my bath towels in the bathroom, to…
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Themed Dinner Night – French.
When Devang is on-call at the hospital, I take the opportunity to watch Real Housewives of…and eat ice cream for dinner. It’s true. Sometimes I do laundry, but on most nights I just lazy around watching TV and eating whatever I feel like. For a change, I decided to be a little more productive last…
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Pizza Night
Devang’s favorite food is pizza. Naturally, I’ve taken it upon myself to make the best pizza he’s had, at home. The process has been an uphill battle mainly because of the crust. I always screw it up. So I did what every woman does when in need of advice – ask Oprah. Her website had…
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Almond-Apricot Granola Bars for the Victor!
After a stiff competition we have a winner!! Angel correctly identified the Flamingo pictured in the first official give-away contest on Anti-bland. Constructed in 1973 by Alexander Calder, the Flamingo currently graces the Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago, IL. The vermilion color of the sculptor is striking and despite its size it appears surprisingly graceful,…
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Eat your green beans
Allow me to digress for just one second. Peanut butter, cinnamon rolls, Doritos, apple pie, lettuce, and broccoli are some of the foods that I discovered after the age of 16. Long time ago when I was growing up in India, where eggplant is brinjal, a bell pepper is capsicum, and gas is petrol (although…
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Rice, I love you!
My sister claims that our mom potty trained me with rice. She would put me on the little toilet seat and give me a small bowl of plain white rice. I would eat it, play with it, all the while staying put and learning a very important life skill. It sounds like one of those…

