The English did both good and bad during their occupation of India as a colony. It is unclear what their legacy is. Certainly Indians have acquired cricket as their own and, in short forms of the game, are now the masters. More important, Indian cuisine is one of the world’s greatest. It is also the…
Tools of the Trade – Potato Ricer
My mother made mashed potatoes with a potato masher. I preferred to use an electric hand-mixer to produce what my former father-in-law would snearingly refer to as “whipped potatoes.” Of course, in all of this it was granny who knew best. She knew that there is no substitute for the potato ricer. I came…
Liver & Onions
Liver gets a bad rap. We are all up for chichi fois gras or its poor cousin, pate. Tell a child or adult that they have liver and onions for dinner and you will get an almost universal – Blech! I grew up eating liver. Admittedly it was lamb’s liver, but it was a staple…