Welcome to Foodialogues- interesting dialogues about food and with food. Thank you for stopping by the site and I earnestly hope that the journey with Foodialogues will enable you to discover a new world of healthy and delicious vegetarian food.
There are a few things that I think about when deciding on a recipe to go on this site.-
- Do I feel happy while cooking the recipe?
- Does the dish taste delicious?
- Is the dish healthy?
- Will I want to make it frequently?
- Is it worth the time, effort and money?
Keeping these factors in mind I have shared and will be continually sharing recipes that my family and I enjoy every day. Foodialogues will also comprise interesting food stories, my food memories, food facts, food history and the role of science in relation to food.
Why did I start Foodialogues?
I was initiated by my mother into Asian Indian cooking traditions and rituals that governed our daily lives at a very young age of about 10 years. Food usage, recipes, and methods to dish out tasty food was more a handed down skill by my mother who is an ace cook. She passed on, not only her food passion but also every custom, practice, norm, and procedure related to vegetarian cooking by word of mouth. Rigorous training under her eagle eye honed my cooking skills. Her training included practices leading to food safety, food hygiene, food preservation, and food innovation—All this by a person who majored in Economics and had no formal study or training in Food Science.
My career spanning nearly 32 years was predominantly spent in teaching and research in Food Science and Nutrition. I have created Foodialogues as a public platform through which I will be sharing my discovery of food for the past four decades. I wanted to create a nonbiased internet space for people to learn not only about food but also about wellness through food.
All, which I will be sharing with you, will be the best that I have imbibed from my mother and my formal training in the study of food. The recipes have been tried several times before it appears on this website. Traditional recipes have been standardized using standard cup measures. Some of the traditional recipes have been given a healthy twist keeping its ethnic base intact.
Foodialogues will also give you loads of scientific information about diet, wellness, food ingredients, cooking methods, cuisines, food history and much more.
Thank you for stopping by,
Happy and healthy cooking and eating with Foodialogues
USHA RAVI
All recipes here are vegetarian with the exception of cakes and puddings which may include egg.
Foodialogues welcomes constructive criticism.