Food and Stories in One Place
I’ve always been enamored by Punjabi food. Whenever my family wanted an indulgent treat of carbs and calories, we usually ordered from a nearby Punjabi Dhaba. The Punjabis are not apologetic when it comes to their generosity with ghee or a smothering of butter in their dishes. They do not skimp on flavor. I don’t…
Discovering Æbleskivers On one of our trips to Southern California, we stopped at a city called Solvang in Santa Ynez Valley. Once you enter the exit to Solvang via another city called Buellton, the architecture is more German/Danish than American. You see a traditional windmill which is rare in this side of the country. As…
The aroma is unmistakable. Ghee at the forefront and not just ghee. Hot ghee that has toasted cashews and raisins, melding with the caramels of the natural sugar in the raisins. That’s the aroma that envelopes you when you are seated in front of this bejeweled rice dish from the Indian state of Kerala. Ghee…
