Category Archives: Penne for my Thoughts

Beach vacation Vish was a mood. Is a mood. After many many moons, I took a few well deserved days off. My friends and I rented a beach house in Long Island, in a town called Shirley, for the 4th of July. It was the first time I had taken more than 2 days orContinue reading “Beach Vacation”

I spill a lot. All the time and everywhere. It’s not endearing. You know how in the movies, they always make the woman do something clumsy (there’ll be time for a soapbox about this later) and laugh with her whole heart, while there’s a handsome man with a chiseled jaw looking fondly at her andContinue reading “Oops”

There’s a lot of dosa content out there. I was looking through my photo gallery to find all the iconic dosas I’ve eaten in my life (which I need to talk about eventually) and was reminded of VV Puram. One of our favorite family dinner spots in Bangalore was VV Puram (Vishveshwarapuram – didn’t knowContinue reading “VV Puram”

You know that scene at the end of Ratatouille when Anton Ego eats the food and is immediately transported back to his childhood? Food nostalgia and the joy I get from revisiting and recreating food memories is why I started writing about food. As I think about it, I also have many more little storiesContinue reading “Boston”

I’ve always loved a good dinner party. Or an average party – still a party! So here’s a fantasy that I have. I like to imagine using my newfound Instagram fame to invite select random guests over and host a dinner party. It would be BYOB set to a theme and I would experiment andContinue reading “Dinner Party”

Ok first, you must check this out. It’s important context and shook the foundation of my being when I first saw it. It was not something I was exposed to until 5 years ago but this type of marketing would have definitively worked in India. We’re big on dogs roaming the streets looking for foodContinue reading “Yo Quiero Taco Bell”

I was sitting at my desk at work this afternoon with a black bean burger in front of me and some tater tots. I tell myself it’s a treat meal but still healthy if I don’t eat the buns. Biologically, aren’t potatoes a vegetable anyway? I usually start thinking about lunch at 10 AM. IContinue reading “Momos”

I love cauliflower. Anyone that knows me would not be surprised that the first food I decide to write about is cauliflower. I dream of my future husband and I having our meet cute at the grocery store (more on this later) and then after a couple of years of dating, he proposes with bouquetContinue reading “Cauliflower”