Everyone loves to eat! To eat one has to learn how to cook & how to enjoy it! I hated cooking & loved to eat. I dreaded when mom wanted help in the kitchen. I'd have excuses, much like my girls right now. Unless its’ baking, my youngest loves to bake!
I grew up in a family, where homemade food was a must! It mostly consisted of Gujarati food with a little bit of flair from all over India. Never learned how to cook from my parents but did observe enough to catch on their tricks & panache.
So, when 12 yrs ago we moved to the mid-west, I had to teach myself how to cook. The ABCs of Indian food & foods my “abcd” girls liked to eat. Let’s just say, it was well worth it to have my parents just a phone call away!.."Mom, how do I make this?" "Dad how do I do that?"
In early April 2010 I paid a visit back home to NY and got to meet those that are near and dear to me…some I love more & some I just love. Amongst them was my mami (maternal uncle’s wife)‼ She visits my cousin, her daughter in New York. Mami & I talked almost daily on my way home from work. We would talk about family, weather, kids and food! She loves to hear my self-concoctions of made-up recipes down to the basics. She makes the best food & I can still recall how my palette loves her cooking. Somehow it tastes better! Must be the love, so I dedicate this food mishmash to my beloved mami….
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