We cook to eat, and sometime to bring back memories of all those delicious meals from back home.
We cook to explore new cuisines.
We also cook because we discovered that it is so much fun to hang out in the kitchen with friends.
We cook because it is the perfect reason to open a bottle of wine.
We cook and he cleans.
We now cook for a little fella who is was crazy about tasting all sorts of things! He’s now a toddler and his favorite food is kethchup.
Salt and Pepper 
I’m bookmarked your blog coz I love those beautiful flowers, plants, herbs and ingredients you posted.
You can visit my blog when you have the time and leave me comments.
Your blog (found via Shaheen’s) is absolutely stunning! Finding it has made my day (and it’s only 9:45 a.m.) Best, BL
Thank you tigerfish for visiting.
Bloglily, thanks a lot:) Your nice words have made my day too:)
I love your recipes and will be trying all of them even with my hectic schedule.
I will on pass some of my favourites.
Keep in touch
brgds/Vino
hey Gini,
I am a big fan of your blog.
I am also an amatuer cook and watercolour artist.
I was wondering if it’s okay by you if I took one of your yummy recipes (i’m thinking the methi pomfret, maybe), tried it at home, made a watercolour sketch of it, and posted it on my blog (http://thepaintedchef.blogspot.com)?
Of course, I’d give you all due credit, and link you all the way.
Could you let me know if that’s alright by you? Please mail me at jacobjoji@hotmail.com.
Thanks,
Jacob
Hey…hey…hey….
Real cool stuff….I guess the best part is that I’ve started feeling hungry already
(approximately 14 minutes after dinner)
That was inspiring..to say the least.
However I’d differ on the potato thoran part…the quintessential favourite is the potato mezhukupurati….different strokes for different folks I guess
wow! i am so not a blog person… guess i am still ancient in this blog world..somehow stumbled on ur blog and saw the palak paneer recipie.. sounds mouth watering :). i know what i am cooking for dinner tonite 🙂
i love cooking myself and the recipies on ur blog look really interesting. nice pics. very colorful and well lit.
a toast to bon appetite :)!
Hey, is that cutie pie you?? Very cute pic….
Thanks Nidhi.
Inji, aren’t you nice to say that.
Hi Gini –
Just wanted to bring one typo in your introduction –
You said : We to cook to explore new cuisines.
Maybe you can take off the ‘to’ before cook?
cheers
prisc
Hi,
Am Laxmi, moderator of the Indusladies website. As there is no contact mail id, I am posting this message here in the general section.
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Look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
Your dishes are a connoisseur’s delight.Look forward for Syrian recipes from you.
we cook and he cleans….
i loved it!
cheers
christina!
🙂 I love it that way.
Hi Gini,
Came to your blog when I was browsing a couple of blogs…
Well done esp with pixs.
Kottayam Fish Curry looks real nice..esp like the way it is back home.
Njoiii it…
Bon Appetite,
Tina
Thanks, Tina. Appreciate your nice words.
hi. I’d like to get in touch with you regarding use of your articles and pics. pls do mail me. thanks and reg, lata
Hi Gini,
Amazing pictures, one would fall in love with the dishes looking at the pictures. I am going to try one of the dishes now. Especially the Mango Ginger Smoothie, since it is the mango season now. I came across a site, Koonji.com. It would be interesting for you to write one of your recipes in that site, with your wonderful pictures.
Thanks, Vidya for all the nice words. I hope you get to try some. And thanks for the suggestion.
Hi
There is going to be a Blogcamp in India on 16th of June. Around 250 bloggers will be taking part in the event.
This is what they say on their blog: “The way unconferences work is that, you don’t have an agenda, rather we will put up a white board, where participants will themselves add the topics they are interested to speak upon. Depending upon the number of speakers we will go for multiple threads. There will be some intense discussions, we will have a lot of fun and yes there will be blogging, video blogging, photo blogging, podcasting … everything under the blogger sun.”
The registrations have started. We are planning to have 250 participants from all over the country. There are some people taking part virtually, using youtube, slideshare, skype etc. if you are interested please add your name to the wiki.
Check the:
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official blog: http://www.blogcamppune.blogspot.com
rashmi
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* Show / Talk about Food
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Your blog is a work of art! Gorgeous pictures and I love how your write. Thanks for letting us share. I am better at gardening, but need some help and inspiration with cooking. I can’t wait to try your recipes!
Thanks, Maggie. Being a good gardener is such an accomplishment. I am a newbie at gardening. Hope to see you around.
can I make a request.
Can you guys make kappa (yucca root). And a dry chicken/beef fry for a side.
Looking forward
Hi Gini, Looooooooved ur blog. Its v gud. Have added you in my blogroll, and will keep droping by often.
Interesting Blog.
Nice look and feel
Keep up the Good work, I do have a video podcast on Indian Food.
http://indiancookerypodcast.wordpress.com
Hi!!! though i have been cooking for a long time..its only now that i have started to pen down my recepies..read ur blog..it is really nice…
P.S: have blogrolled u…
Wow, I randomly came across your site today, and I just love the recipes that you’ve posted! The one with gulukand sounds especially mouthwatering. 🙂 The pictures are amazing, too! Being an amateur cook myself, I’m definitely going to try at least one of your recipes.
P.S. I lived in Singapore for 10 years, and I totally agree – the Asian food there is just divine. 🙂
Hi there!
Great Blog! I work for a free recipe sharing website called MyDish and am looking to build links to the site. I’d love to get a link in your blogroll / links section, or talk about any advertising opportunities you might have. Check out the site and let me know what you think!
http://www.mydish.co.uk
Hope to hear from you soon!
James
nice nice nice blog.is a great blog
Dear Sir,My name is Daniel and I work for Recipe3k website. I am looking for potential link partners. Our site offers a free collection of the best recipes online.I have seen you allready have in your site information and links regarding the food and recipes, for instance in this page: I would like to place a link to your website in our links page, and if you could please add a link to our website in your page. For your convinience here it is the code neededa href=”http://www.recipe3k.com”>A Collection of the Best Recipes OnlinePlease send me information about your site as you would want it to appear in our links page.Thank you for your time,Daniel########################daniel@recipe3k.com326 East 48th Street, New York, NY 100
Dear Gini,
I’d love to get in contact with you. I’m a grad student at Quinnipiac and am working on a story about food blogs. I heard you were in CT—is that true? Would you be willing to trade emails or talk with me about your work? My deadline is approaching fast, so if you have time to respond to me soon that would be much appreciated.
Thanks so much for any assistance, Gina V.
🙂
Dear Gini:
I recently came across your blog and love the recipes you’ve posted! I work at Ethnic Kitchens Inc. and Haldiram’s USA Inc., a wholesaler and distributor of various Indian food products. We do, however try to cater to the general public as well, especially with our Haldiram’s products, through our websites. I would love to send you some free samples for you to use in your future recipes. Hope to hear from you soon!
Kind regards,
Stephanie Nguyen
Ethnic Kitchens
http://www.ethnickitchens.com
http://www.haldiramusa.com
This is a great site. I work for a site all about food ideas, http://www.allaboutyou.com. Would love to hear from you regarding a link exchange.
hi Gini, Ijust happened to cross ur site through a search, i liked ur blog very much and the recipes are coool. great work especially with the pics. thats a great inspiration for people who try cooking very rarely. i would like to know one thing from u that are there any substitute names for broccolie????? i m very eager to know about it…….. and can i join ur community??????? i just love to cook for my family. thank u 🙂
I found your blog while jumping from blog to blog just searching for I am not sure what….but its beautiful…and yummy. I’d like to add you to my blog roll…
I love to cook and keep meaning to post more about my cooking and recipes but usually I forget to take pictures and its no fun looking at recipes without pics! You’ve inspired me to get more organised about it!
http://www.chhotastory.wordpress.com
Mandira
Hey!
Love your work. Was writing about a Banana curry and looking for recipes and found you!!
Aparna
Hi there,
I was interested in using one of your photos on a website. Could you contact me as soon as you can?
Thank you!
Dona.
Hi there,
I am writing on behalf of Stephen Dubner (co-author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics). We are looking for a high-res image of snake gourd and I notice that you have some wonderful images here on your blog. Might you have some high-res versions that you would be willing to share with us?
All best and happy holidays,
Nell
Hi there, I am casting a new food show for a major network and I stumbled across your site. We are looking for a host, someone who is passionate about food, loves to dine out, and someone who has the inside track on great places to eat for cheap! I thought you could make a great candidate. If you are interested please email me a picture and bio.
Thank you,
Jessica
Casting-Super Delicious Productions
foodiecasting@me.com
Hey, your cabbage thoran recipe is AWESOME! Thanks so much. So many failed attempts, so much wasted cabbage 🙂 Even my hubba (a Keralite cabbage-hater) now enjoys the dish. I haven’t checked out your other stuff yet (stinkin’ responsibilities get in the way) but I’m gonna put you on my mommy blog’s follow list, is that okay? Thanks!! 😀
Hello,
We have read your blog and we think one of the events we are organizing could be of your interest as well as the interest of your followers. “Discover the Spanish Taste” is a fantastic opportunity to get to know better how Spanish products are getting introduced in the Indian market and get some knowledge about Spanish wines and gastronomy,
We would like to invite you to the press conference and workshops organized by Federation of Spanish Food Industries in order to promote Spanish food and beverage in India. On 30th November at 10.30h at Shangri-la Hotel.The Spanish Ambassador Mr. Ion de la Riva will launch the workshops and make a brief presentation followed by the workshops.
You can see full details of the event below. We would be very please if you could join us.
Kindly confirm your interest by replying to this email. The event is Free. Only for Professionals.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Carolina Rius
Managing Director
Hello dear salt & pepper,
Your blog is really nice. What attracted me is the pix. Really gorgeous. Interested in writing recipes for our magazine? Would like to contact you. Please give me your id.
Gini,
I loved your blog. I stumbled onto it while searching for a red meen curry recipe. I’ve just begun cooking and your blog is just wonderful. Your malayali recipes remind me of home especially the sprinkling of anecdotes in between. The way you post recipes makes them looks so easy. You’re amazing.
I’m definitely coming back here again.
Thank you for making my day!
This design is spectacular! You most certainly know how to
keep a reader amused. Between your wit and your videos,
I was almost moved to start my own blog (well, almost.
..HaHa!) Wonderful job. I really enjoyed what you had to say,
and more than that, how you presented it. Too cool!
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