I say Mexican, you say....tacos?  Burritos?  Guacamole?  Salsa and chips?  While I love all of the above, there are times when I feel a pul...

I cannot remember the last time I had Pad Thai.  It's not something I ordered very often in Thai restaurants to begin with, being much ...

Do you like spicy food?  I don't mean "hot" spicy here; I mean "full of spice."  If the answer is yes, then this i...

The warmth and spice in this lovely soup has been a welcome relief from the chilly maelstrom of snow that, more often than not, has swirle...

These are a new twist on an old favorite .  I have been craving them for a while, but sadly, Trader Joe's has not stocked the cranberry...

This is a lovely quick meal, with both sweet and spicy flavors, and it's a perfect way to use leftover cooked rice you may have in your...

This is a recipe for a day when you come home hungry and want something filling that will be ready in about 10 minutes or less.  Or for a d...

Remember when your mom would make sloppy joes when you were a kid?  It was such a simple meal to make.  Brown ground beef, add can of slop...

One of my favorite quick and easy meals to make is my friend Kim's Sweet and Tangy Meatballs , found on my blog from last year.  The ...

This week, I was in the mood for something simple.  Something hearty yet light; something that would fill me up but not be too heavy on ...

The supermarket here in Swaziland is one of those places where I never know which previously elusive ingredient will suddenly be starin...

There is not much that is more satisfying to me than a bowl of Thai curry with some fluffy white ric...

When you're away from home, you miss certain things. Sometimes you miss things you'd never expect, and sometimes you crave things ...

The other night, as I was walking through the foggy drizzle of Mbabane on Monday's pedestrian "rush hour," my mind was on what...

INTRO This is one of my favorite Indian dishes ever. I first found the recipe in an Indian cookbook...

This is a simple and tasty chutney to accompany a main dish, especially a curry. It could also be used to top off a filet of fish, or a se...

Mmm, my third evening of instruction in the school of curry turned out deliciously, as you can see. Ashook approached me yesterday and sai...

Yes, this is as amazing a set-up as it sounds. I love curries and Indian food, and I happen to have landed myself in a guest house where th...

I walked into the kitchen at the guest house tonight at about 8:30 to a flurry of activity, rather unusual for this hour of night when ther...

There is a man named Ashook staying at the same guest house I am in Mbabane, Swaziland, who is from South Africa and is of Indian descent. ...