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
Garlic cloves, minced (optional)
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