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Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss

Eats Shoots and Leaves is a really funny and  important book on grammar and punctuation. Who knew that a book about missed apostrophes and commas would become a bestseller? It… Read more »

Books    book review, eats shoots and leaves, grammar, lynne truss, panda, punctuation

Easy Strawberry Jam

Now the regular readers of my blog (yes, you three people ;)) know that I’m buried in berries – strawberries to be specific. It has been a berry good summer…. Read more »

Recipes    cinnamon, lemon juice, no pectin, strawberries, strawberry jam, vanilla extract, zest

This ain’t my first Rodeo!

That’s right. We blinked and she’s two! It’s like she was born just yesterday. And I was born two years back too. A birth of a child is also the… Read more »

Parenting, Recipes    fresh strawberry, second birthday, strawberry cupcakes, this aint my first rodeo, vanilla icing

Trip Journal – Highway One

On our quest for travel gems, we often forget about the priceless nuggets in our own backyard! We had a few days off and we began thinking about places to… Read more »

Travel    big sur, california, carmel, emu, highway one, mission, ostrich farm, pfeiffer beach, pismo beach, point lobos, santa barbara, solvang, travel

Plum and Berry Crumble

Summer is officially on the way. You know what that means? Weekend visits to my local farmers market! Some people won’t get it, but trust me when I say this… Read more »

Recipes    apple, baking, berry, blueberry, crisp, crumble, dessert, eggless, fruit, icecream, oats, pear, plum, recipes, strawberry, summer, vanilla

Mexico in Pictures

A few photos from my trip to Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco, Mexico. Puerto Vallarta overlooks the beautiful Bay of Banderas and it is located at the base of the Sierra… Read more »

Travel    banderas bay, church of our lady of guadalupe, jalisco, malecon, mayan calendar, mexico, puerto vallarta, sand sculptures, travel journal, wanderlust

Bad days and Cookies

This last week has been a particularly trying one. Meera, my almost-two year old daughter suffered a febrile seizure on Mother’s Day. It was the singular worst moment of my… Read more »

Recipes    buttery, chocolate chip cookies, dessert, milk and cookies, recipes, soft cookies

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee

This book written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has to be one of the most interesting books I have read so far. The Mahabharata is one of the greatest Indian epics… Read more »

Books    book review, draupadi's story, drishtadyumna, duryodhana, Kunti, kurukshetra, mahabharata, palace of illusions, panchali, pandavas, shakuni

Wall Decor

Remember my blog post about my shopping haul from India? Read it here. And read on to see what I did with those beautiful Indian crafts. We started with simple white… Read more »

Everything Else    brackets, floating shelves, shaolin figurines, taiwan, tiki, wall decor

3 Ingredient Ice-cream

Feast your eyes on this – Mango and coconut ice-cream made with only 3 ingredients! Also without an ice-cream machine. It happens every mango season. I see, I get overcome… Read more »

Recipes    3 ingredient, coconut milk, ice-cream, mango, no machine, sorbet

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