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South India's Mouth Watering Treasure
Oct 10, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

South India's Mouth Watering Treasure

Tamil Nadu Cuisine Tamil Nadu, the land of the Tamils, was dominated by the Dravidian culture for 2500 years. The cuisine is distinctly different from that of the north, and is based primarily on rice rather than wheat and an abundant use of coconut. With a largely vegetarian population like much of India, Tamil Nadu has a particularly elaborate vegetarian cuisine. The classic foods of Tami...

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  • South Indian Home Cooking
    Oct 8, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

    South Indian Home Cooking

    The best South Indian food is prepared in home kitchens. No restaurant or hotel can match the love and care that goes in to feeding the family. Family recipes, passed down through the generations are as numerous as the households of India, and each cook has individual spe

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  • South Indian Vegetables
    Oct 5, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

    South Indian Vegetables

    In Erratupetta, Kerala, the vegetable merchants take particular pride in extravagant displays of local produce. Cabbages, pumpkins and squash make up the lower half of this particularly lavish arrangement, while carrots, bitter gourd and beautiful red banana flowers peer t

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  • An Evening of Indian Cooking
    Sep 10, 2011 Food & Cooking

    An Evening of Indian Cooking

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  • Ellerton's Summer Quencher
    Jul 7, 2011 Food & Cooking

    Ellerton's Summer Quencher

    When I was in Kandy, Sri Lanka, recently I had probably one of my best fruit drinks ever. We stayed at the Ellerton and the staff there served us a brightly colored fruit drink that would quench any summers thirst. I don't really know what it is called but I call it Ellerton'

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  • “Big Boys Don’t Cry” Chili Paste
    Jun 27, 2011 Food & Cooking

    “Big Boys Don’t Cry” Chili Paste

    I returned last night to New York after spending 10 days in Perth, West Australia. The journey back is a tough one with a flight distance of about 20,047kms and 24 hours of actual air time not including the one transit stop. So, I decided to do something different today and bl

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