When my neighbor on the train from Kolkata to Chennai finally stopped snoring–20 hours into the rain-delayed journey–I wasn’t really in the mood to chat. But within minutes he caught my attention, “The south of India is different from the north,” he said. “We drink coffee down here.”
After traveling across Russia, Mongolia and China, where [...]
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Coffee in Pondy
Posted in India, Recipes, tagged coffee, India, Pondicherry, street food on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanksgiving in Kolkata
Posted in India, Recipes, tagged chicken, curry, India, Kolkata, Thanksgiving on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Even though we’re in India, and have been eating copious quantities and watching sport (cricket!) each day, we couldn’t let the fourth Thursday in November go by without doing more of the same.
So to thank our friends, Michael, Mina and Munu Anthony, who’d treated us to a week of deliciously home cooked meals, evenings out, [...]
