The Bay Window
An ode to the Palakkadan Ullisammanthi
Sometimes the quickest way home is through a smell.
A corner of the cottage
The Kitchen
Mysorepak mornings, ullisammanthi, kappa and kaanthari — and all the stories that somehow come with food.
Some of my favourite memories have a taste, a smell or a recipe attached to them. This is where I keep them — things I grew up eating, things I still cook, forgotten recipes, little food discoveries, and the people and places that came along with them.
Thenmala Tales – Part 5
Sitting outside in that small courtyard, eating this wonderful delicacy, listening to the various sounds of the forest, breathing in the fresh, unpolluted, cool air, and lost in our own…
A Sweet Morning
Some fragrances don't just fill a house; they fill the heart.
Coconut tales...
A few days back, there was a picture of a coconut tree laden with almost 2000 coconuts, in a local newspaper. Coconuts were hanging down very impressively, and it certainly left many a…