Susan Narjala | December 5, 2023
Is your Christmas tree up yet? In keeping with our yearly tradition, we invited our extended family over to decorate the tree and kick off the Christmas season. But, of...
Continue ReadingTiya Thomas-Alexander | August 26, 2022
We almost always have a full home and people around the table. It fills my heart to the brim. But it also exposes me for who I am: a grumbly...
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | August 9, 2022
When I was 14 years old we moved to a different city where my parents rented a little house in the outskirts. The house had a little gate leading to...
Continue ReadingCeenu Jebaraj | December 3, 2021
My childhood memories of Christmas day brim with waking up to the inviting smell of a delicious breakfast that my mother would pour her love into. While we could always...
Continue ReadingCeenu Jebaraj | December 20, 2017
Sparkling streamers on the wall and a brightly lit Christmas tree in the corner of the living room. That was the modest decor of my childhood Christmas memories. Some years,...
Continue ReadingDeepa David | December 1, 2017
The first time I tried this mutton curry I felt so warm and cozy inside. My cousin-brother's wife had come to visit me in Dallas when I was sick and...
Continue ReadingDeepa David | March 13, 2017
Just before we left the US to come back to India, I was hurriedly collecting "American" recipes to try out in India. Here's one: the chocolate chunk magic cookie bars....
Continue ReadingJanice Singh | December 19, 2016
When it comes to the Christmas season, indulgence can be forgiven (wink). After many rounds of hits and misses, trial and error, searching through various recipes and failing, I finally...
Continue ReadingDeepa David | September 29, 2016
Initially, this post started out as a well manicured little note on community. I had lofty ideas on writing about the Israelites as a community during their time in the...
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