The Cooker

I happen to like fruitcake. Every year in December I make fruitcake. But I don't advertise this fact. The kids are all too aware of t...

Jamshedpur, aka Tatanagar, Jampot, the city that Jamshedji Nuserwanji Tata built on the banks of the Suvarnarekha and Kharkai rivers. This ...

Though this is a recipe for a 'basic' vanilla cake, there is nothing basic about it. Sure it is easy to prepare and uses ingredients...

These are the results of my (seemingly) endless efforts to bake a decent loaf of whole wheat bread. Since replacing just one cup of the al...

There was a time, when the kids were very young, that occasional meals were built around a rice dish (a pulao or a khichadi). Along with a...

I wish there was a clever or an amusing story to go with this recipe. But there isn't. No preamble. This is quite simply my favourite wa...

The book was renewed till I couldn't renew it yet again. At that point I decided to buy a copy for myself. By now I have lost count o...

Dessert doesn't get any easier. Berry fool : Crushed/ macerated berries mixed with lightly sweetened whipped cream. An added bonus: the ...

My first attempt at making beer bread was an unmitigated disaster. The taste, texture, and smell: all awful. I blame the beer! It took me a ...

For years my favourite recipe for banana bread came from The Joy of Cooking. Moist, with a fantastic banana flavour, easy to put together; n...