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Photo of the Day: Mango Heat
By Belinda on Jun 27, 2010 in Photo of the Day
On a 100+ day, what’s better than the BEST mangoes in the world? Alfonso mangoes from India.
Tag: "India"
Photo of the Day: Ice Cream Twist
By Belinda on Apr 29, 2010 in Photo of the Day
Ice cream on a roti…amazing amazing unique twist on traditional ice cream sundaes, found at Twisted Noodle in Durham, NC.
Inequality of Olympic Proportions
By Belinda on Feb 28, 2010 in Zompparound
I admit it, I’ve been kinda addicted to the Olympics. Who knew watching skiing and shooting could be so fascinating? Well, the 2010 Olympics is coming to a close, and Vancouver has certainly showed herself to be a wonderful hostess. I had the fortune to visit and eat my way through Vancouver last year, and [...]
Climbing Kathmandu
By Belinda on Dec 05, 2009 in Zompparound
One of my dreams is to take the Transiberian Railway one day. I was even once told by an international education “expert” that it would be a good idea to take the Transiberian Railroad to Nepal. Well, I didn’t take the Transiberia to Nepal…I had to fly via India because well, the Transiberian Railway runs [...]
Insecurity
By Belinda on Nov 19, 2009 in Zompparound
As many of you know, I had spent much of this past year working in India. The food in India is splendid. SPLENDID. But that’s because I got to eat. In the minds of many Americans, India is the exotic land of Slumdog Millionaire, Bollywood dancers, and romantic ashrams of Eat, Pray, Love lore. Along [...]
Photo of the Day: Two Thumbs Up!
By Belinda on Nov 05, 2009 in Photo of the Day
Popular local soft drink in India…bought and bottled by the Coca Cola Company.
When pressure is all good
By Tsering on Aug 05, 2009 in Zompparound
I convinced my friends ZomppaB and ZomppaPatty to buy pressure cookers. It has been more than two months and I know that it still remains in their original packages tucked somewhere in their kitchen cupboard, amongst the unused impulse buy kitchen gadgets/utensils. Both ZomppaPatty and ZomppaB commented on how they were afraid of using the [...]
General Tso in Bombay
In the U.S., immigrants have forever shaped and influenced American cuisine. It is often difficult to separate what is American and what is “foreign,” or perhaps, what makes American cuisine so unique is that there is no need for separation. The complexities and diversity of food is what makes eating in the U.S. so interesting. [...]
Breaking Bread
By Belinda on Jun 08, 2009 in Zompparound
Pan, pao, bao, pav…whether Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, India, the word for bread seems similar across cultures and languages. Most cultures have some sort of bread – flatbreads, buns, baguettes – and breaking bread is not an unfamiliar term. You eat together, you are no longer strangers. Indian breads are numerous and they also vary [...]
Eat With Your Hands
By Belinda on Jun 07, 2009 in Zompparound
There is an art form with eating with your hands here in the state of Gujarat. You use your right hand to eat and your left for water. Typically, you wash your hands before and after with lemon and water. To pick up the food, you press and rip off the roti or puri or [...]
