I wrote a story for one of my most fav magazines EVER, Spirituality and Health, on tea rituals and finding the right tea for you. …
My Writings
Taking time for tea
I wrote a feature story for Four Seasons magazine on the history of tea and tea drinking around the world. Sadly, there is no link …
Bright tastes and colors of India’s spring: HOLI
Photo – From my personal album shows my family with a cousin who had just been married, all celebrating holi. I am so super excited …
My new column: A Year of Lucky Foods
Can food bring us luck? Well, there is only one way to find out! Eat it and see what happens 🙂 I am so thrilled …
"Our almost perfect family"
An essay of mine that ran in Parents magazine a while ago generated more mail than i have received on any other piece I have …
Spice it up!!
(This appeared previously  on NPR’s Kitchen Window) Indian by birth, I was raised in the Middle Eastern island nation of Bahrain, nurtured by my mother’s …
Mirror, mirror on the wall…
(istock photo) This post is going to be difficult to write. This essay appeared in  Parents magazine a while ago. The essay is titled “Here’s …
Corn, India style
** This story has appeared in NPR’s Kitchen Window *** Growing up in an Indian household, I learned only three ways of eating corn (called …
Why I don't cook for my parents
** This story has appeared in NPR’s Kitchen Window *** Mussels cooked in a saffron coconut stew, shrimp fritters with just the right crispness, chicken …
New Products From Summer Fancy Food Show 2012, Parents.com
I really loved the National Fancy Food Show in DC. Here is a collection of some really fun and great new food products for kiddos …