This blog remained inactive for over a year due to a combination of "life events" for many of the contributors, and on a larger scale, due to what is simply called as 'laziness'. Things have been going on..as they always will. There have been the ideas, recipes, and nudges back and forth to get past what started feeling like "re-starting troubles",I should say.
So, to shake off the dust and plunge right to it- in today's post I'll take you to the setting of the recent 'food' related event we had- Thanksgiving. No recipes here, but if you like the look of something, let us know and we'll put it down.
Despite having never been a part of it a traditional celebration, Thanksgiving as a tradition is something that I can connect to easily. A day with family and friends, to give thanks and be grateful for the blessings in our lives is a beautiful thing. And no matter which the land or the people, we always celebrate with food- lots of it, in the most heartiest spread we can offer, right?
Which is what we attempted this year. Three couples and a little girl, and about 16 dishes. It's grossly over the top, I'm sure, which is why we'll call it a feast- an extravagant spread that we're not meant to finish at one time.
The menu was 'skype'-stormed and finalized by the three girl-chefs. The task was set to unfold as a surprise challenge to the other three guy-chefs. (The girl-chefs were thoughtful enough to plan for four dishes to be made the night before.. if the surprise ended up on the wrong side)
The day dawned cloudy and cold. After enough goof ups and memory lapses, and a breakfast of crackers with pepper jelly and cheese to fire up cold bellies, we started off at 12pm.
The surprise was sprung - a cook off between the guy and girl chefs- 12 dishes split by lots to two teams. And thus it began. The ultimate cook off ;)
I have to say this again..that it was much thanks to the active and enthusiastic participation of the amateur guy-chefs that we ended up with a fun day and much more than the four backup dishes.
Let me give a shout out for the guys Hari, Deepak and Srini for making this feast possible, for the girls Nandita, Anita and Indu for their planning and optimism, for Nandita again whose idea this was, for little Hrishita who was a great and somewhat mystified helper, for Anita and Indu for getting it on camera, and then of course for Indu (myself ;)) for patient video editing.
Check us out!
So, to shake off the dust and plunge right to it- in today's post I'll take you to the setting of the recent 'food' related event we had- Thanksgiving. No recipes here, but if you like the look of something, let us know and we'll put it down.
Despite having never been a part of it a traditional celebration, Thanksgiving as a tradition is something that I can connect to easily. A day with family and friends, to give thanks and be grateful for the blessings in our lives is a beautiful thing. And no matter which the land or the people, we always celebrate with food- lots of it, in the most heartiest spread we can offer, right?
Which is what we attempted this year. Three couples and a little girl, and about 16 dishes. It's grossly over the top, I'm sure, which is why we'll call it a feast- an extravagant spread that we're not meant to finish at one time.
The menu was 'skype'-stormed and finalized by the three girl-chefs. The task was set to unfold as a surprise challenge to the other three guy-chefs. (The girl-chefs were thoughtful enough to plan for four dishes to be made the night before.. if the surprise ended up on the wrong side)
The day dawned cloudy and cold. After enough goof ups and memory lapses, and a breakfast of crackers with pepper jelly and cheese to fire up cold bellies, we started off at 12pm.
The surprise was sprung - a cook off between the guy and girl chefs- 12 dishes split by lots to two teams. And thus it began. The ultimate cook off ;)
I have to say this again..that it was much thanks to the active and enthusiastic participation of the amateur guy-chefs that we ended up with a fun day and much more than the four backup dishes.
Let me give a shout out for the guys Hari, Deepak and Srini for making this feast possible, for the girls Nandita, Anita and Indu for their planning and optimism, for Nandita again whose idea this was, for little Hrishita who was a great and somewhat mystified helper, for Anita and Indu for getting it on camera, and then of course for Indu (myself ;)) for patient video editing.
Check us out!
