The Great Ganesha

No – I’m not insulting anyone here, so calm down. I suffer from the occasional migraine myself, and was intrigued by this new treatment which I read in (of all things) Men’s Health. It advocates crushing a chili in your hand and literally, rubbing it into your nostrils. There’s even an all-natural nasal spray that [...]

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You better watch out. An article in today’s Times talks about a study that showed that obesity is contagious. Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, researchers are reporting today. When a person gains weight, close friends tend to gain weight, too. Their study, published in the New England Journal of [...]

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Nirali Magazine recently published an interview with Chef Manju Malhi who’s planning on bringing British food to India. When I read it I had a vision. It went something like this…

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If Elvis were Indian, he’d definitely go for this. I mean, there’s a reason why the pan-fried, peanut butter, bacon and honey sandwich is called The Elvis. A company called (aptly) P.B. Loco has come out with Peanut Butter – the Asian Curry Spice edition. Incidentally, if you go to About.com’s “Elvis Presley’s Favorite Foods” [...]

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A tasty dish of eels in chili oil, dowsed with crushed red chillies. Mmmm… Even though I’m a pretty big foodie, I don’t usually write restaurant reviews. I guess I’m one of those people who’d rather eat the food than write about it while pretending that I’m an expert on the subject. I’m much better [...]

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It’s Indian food delivery in the US! For the Bay Area, it’s more organized. You can order off of annadaata.com. For other areas it’s not so straightforward. Check out this article in today’s NYT.

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