Cook and See vs Food Porn

In the first flush of marriage, I wanted to make pavakkai pitlai, mor kozhambu, kai murukku and kunja laadu for a spouse who ate kasha mangsho, aamer chatni, and jinghe posto. To assist me in my culinary misadventures, a maami couriered three volumes of Meenakshiammal’s cook books. Cook and See, the title read atop the [...]

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Ageism

 Susan Boyle singing on Britains Got Talent 2009 show has made her an unlikely star. She is frumpy, her brows are bushy and untrimmed, her pink jowls are wibbly and she wears nondescript gowns and horrors, is 47, her sweet smile be damned. She lives in a village in Britain, is unemployed, and does voluntary [...]

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And Today is…

 
Just another day! A happy day, wish those in the know.
I wasn’t a much photographed child, unlike the first born, and hence I have relied on memories. In fact I have never been photographed on the day in all the years that have followed. Like all of us, I have no recollection of my first.
I [...]

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