An Indian Mom's diary of recipes and food memories
“……Not only have I chosen oranges, but I’ll also choose which orange — I’ll test a few for firmness, scrape some rind off with my fingernail so that a citrus scent will linger there all day………When I walk away I’ll leave behind a trail of lamp-bright rind.” – Roisin Kelly At home, I […]
Homecoming treat for Mrs. Indumati…… Last December, Big Sis J brought home a stout card stock Gingerbread Man cutout from school. The first graders had an assignment on Festivals. Every child had to write about their favorite festival and dress-up the Gingerbread Doll traditionally, as he/she would for that festival. And J wanted […]
Today, I finally got to sit down with my best “friend in deed” – my old big book of recipes – a steadfast friend since a decade. He has pulled me out of the “what-to-cook-and-how” crisis umpteen times. I love him and he has traveled with me everywhere. I wrote […]
My foodie man loves to get home a new variety of veggie from the grocery store each time – one that he doesn’t remember eating last. So we have this big rotation of vegetables in our meals and probably do not get to eat the ones again for a month […]
It snowed today. We are well into February and it was only the second snow we saw this winter. Fortunately not a blizzard, nothing like Jonas that buried this part of New Jersey under snow in January. The snowfall this time was silent, slow, continuous, yet delicate. Bit by bit, it […]
I am Mou – a Mom, wife, daughter, Pharmaceutical Consultant, Art enthusiast, Avid Traveler – and a Happy Chef at that – A foodie who cooks, writes, photographs her food for this blog. OnceUponASupper is a journal of my potpourri of recipes and belly good food-y tales. Thanks for stopping by. Have a delicious stay here & dig in!
