Garlic cloves, minced (optional)

I was at the India grocery store last week and I asked the storekeeper for pumpkin. He helpfully went in the back and cut me a fresh two pund slice of a yellow sweet variety! Yikes!  What I had wanted was the white ash pumpkin.  I has said “pooshinikkai” and he insisted that this was … Continue reading →

Many moons ago as a young lad I spend a summer in France; much of it in rural Provence.  Being a vegetarian I initially enjoyed the local ratatouille made with aubergine (eggplant), tomatoes and the delicious local herbs that grew everywhere called , not surprisingly, herbs de Provence.  Within a few days, however, my tastebuds … Continue reading →