Sunday, February 14, 2010 is Chinese New Year - the year of the Tiger. And rather than have a Chinese New Year dinner menu as Sunday Cookout and tell you about it later, we decided to have it last night. We had a practice run with our own Chinese New Year dinner menu so that you've got the next day and a half to prepare to cook your own Chinese New Year dinner. So, on Sunday, when you're sitting in...
The concept is simple - let's make a big tub of mutton biryani. I'm not talking big enough for three. I'm talking big enough for 15. It was Sunday and as per tradition, Sundays have to do with extravagant meals. The good thing about making a big tub of biryani is that it also works as a quick way to feed lots of people. Because, there isn't any one worth knowing and interacting with who doesn't love mutton biryani. So...
This was the barbecue platter that we brought it 2010 with. The idea was to have a variety of food and obviously while the barbecue cooking process is easy, we wanted the marinade process to be easy too. And since the unanimous decision for the easy barbecue platter was no chicken, we were left with simple choices – beef, pork, fish, and prawns. And when in doubt, always go for it all. So our Easy Barbecue Platter consists of grilled...
It was Sunday that the world awoke to the looming spectre of Swine Flu. With the Indian elections just around the corner, I thought Swine Flu was the technical name for the fear of our politicians! It also reminded me a bit of the bird flu scare – people roaming around with blue masks and PETA finally got people to stop eating chickens only to realise that the poor birds were killed off anyway. Doh! So it was only perfectly fitting,...
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