Happy Fourth of July to our American friends! Enjoy your day off tomorrow! I hope everyone is getting together with friends for picnics, parties and fireworks! Going out or having people over to celebrate? You’re probably going to need a great salad that can hold […]

I’ve had a bit of a love affair with Pho (pronounced fuh) ever since I had my first slurp of this beef noodle soup many, many years ago. There is something about a big steamy bowl of broth, noodles, crunchy bean sprouts and fresh herbs that […]

I love Indian food, the complex blend of spices. I also love the side dishes that go with Indian food. A few weeks when I made Slow Cooker Chana Aloo (missed it? You can find the recipe here), I served it with two Indian sides: a […]

Happy US Thanksgiving, American friends! Fun facts: Americans consume 400 million pounds of cranberries a year and 20% of this number is consumed during Thanksgiving. 46 million turkeys are consumed in the US during Thanksgiving. Since the first 3-day feast held to celebrate a bountiful harvest […]

The other day at work, we were (surprisingly, haha) talking about food. Tracy mentioned that she was having people over for dinner and that she was planning to order Indian food. I suggested that she make some of the items herself, then mentioned that Butter […]

Tomorrow, October 4th, is National Taco Day! Okay, I’ll be honest, it’s not an official holiday, so no, you don’t get the day off work (sadly), but it is a great excuse to eat tacos. (I know, like we need an excuse?! Tacos are eaten […]

Today is Cinco de Mayo, a major Mexican holiday. This holiday commemorates the Mexican army‘s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It’s also a pretty good excuse to drink margaritas and beer and eat tacos. As you may […]