a khau galli fried rice memory

Sometimes you really just want some goddamned comfort food. I once woke up to a decidedly not-positive email, and wanted to eat my feelings. You’re familiar with these: the ones that have you reaching for the tub of ice cream when you’re sad, angry, happy—okay, anything, really. Let’s just acknowledge that sugar is addictive and…

pardon my turkey day food coma

Well, that and The Great British Baking Show (Yesss Peter!), both of which distracted me from humblebragging much, much earlier about our Thanksgiving Day* spread. A spread that fed three of us on the night, and then for two days after, even though we’d halved and quartered recipes and chosen others meant for two. American…

diwali 2020 was lit

Happy Diwali! For those of you who don’t know what Diwali is, it’s the Indian New Year, celebrated by, well, a pretty large chunk of the world. Yes, we observe a different new year, because the Hindu and many other South Asian religions follow a lunisolar (don’t ask, I don’t entirely get it myself) calendar…