It was a hectic work day and I left my office in a hurry to board the late evening flight to Kozhikode. The airport was crowded and after passing through long check-in queues and a longer walk to the boarding...
Category: Food Stories
Food Stories
Coffee Tales | Foodialogues
Walking through coffee plantations in Munnar during one of our recent trips brought in a wave of memories... All associated with coffee. All I could do was to show my grandson the coffee plant laden with berries but the emotions...
Food Stories, Sweets & Desserts
Navarathiri – Day 5 Special
Day 5 Navarathri... On this auspicious Maha panchami day let us welcome the goddess in her resplendent form of Skandamaatha. Holding Lord Karthikeya on her lap, the mudras of this benevelont goddess indicate fearlessness. The neivedhyam today is the banana...
Food Stories
Navarathiri – Day 4 Special
Day 4 of navarathri. Goddess Kushmanda reigns supreme. It is believed that the galaxy and the world emerged from her cosmic egg. A bestower of warmth, her divine luminosity is the source of light and energy which manifest as the...
Festival Specials, Food Stories
Navarathiri – Day 3 Special
Trithiya.... Day 3 of Navarathri... The day of goddess chandraghanta. A goddess full of grace, bravery and courage. Our pranams to this dasabhuja Shakthi, the eradicator of all our physical and mental sufferings who holds a bell shaped moon.The day...
Food Stories
Navarathiri – Day 2 Special
Day 2 of navarathri.. Dedicated to goddess brahmacharini.... Symbol of love, loyalty, and wisdom. It is believed that she spent over 1000 years on a diet of flowers and fruits and another 100 years on green leafy vegetables. A diet...
Festival Specials, Food Stories
Navarathiri – Day 1 Special
Navarathri... The joyous festival of 9 nights and 10 days celebrating the goddess in her resplendent forms of durga, lakshmi, and saraswathi. My connect with the goddess is through food again. Planning and preparation of simple food along with "sundal...
Food Stories, Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
History of Pav Buns
Colonization of India has impacted us in many ways. One very significant influence that is evident is that of food. Several food fusions and introductions have been documented by food historians. After the Pav Bhaji Saturday I decided to share...
Food Stories
Importance of food safety in kitchens
A small byte for Pavithra Krishna Prasad my student for her podcast on food safety. Another moment of great pride.https://foodialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Food-Safety.mp4
Food Stories
Solar Eclipse And Chinese Musings
It was Sunday morning, the sky was cloudy and a peep outside showed signs of a light rain at night. I quickly rushed to the kitchen to make my morning cup of tea and drink it before it was 6...