Supping in British India
As the wife of the eighth viceroy-to-India, and like many privileged women of her day, Harriet Georgina Blackwood, Marchioness of …
Tag Archives: India
Summer Fare, or, Steamroller Chicken
Today, when the throbbing heat of a summer day might mean grabbing a salad at the local deli, it is …
Eggplant: Passage from India
Considering that people over the centuries have blamed eggplant for “causing insanity, acting as an aphrodisiac, and serving as a …
MOVE OVER, MAJOR GREY
In keeping with the whole British colonial heritage story [See HERE and HERE for more], here’s a change of continents. …
UPDATED: BREAKING: Indian Food Critic / Journalist Sabina Sehgal Saikia Dead in Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
Sadly, I’ve just learned that Sabina Sehgal Saikia’s death has been confirmed by her friends and family: A massive fire …
A PASSAGE TO INDIA, REVISITED … SORT OF (AND BOOKSTORES)
For those lucky souls living in one of the larger cities of the eastern United States, bookshops purveying only cookbooks …
