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I'm Indian American. Washing rice is always the first step my mother taught me, whether the rice is going in a rice cooker or a saucepan or something else. I routinely wash my rice about three time...

Rice (I always have both brown and white, but I try to save white for special occasions) Turmeric, salt, red chili powder, and ginger-garlic paste (I'm Indian and I typically cook Indi...

That IS super cute!

This is a great post! But aromatics...examples?

Wow! Perfect timing. I was literally just googling "ice cream sandwiches recipe". I'll use this one instead. :)

I'm a sloooooow eater. I've always been slow, and I'm the slowest in my family (by a lot).

I LOVE turmeric. I also grew up in an Indian household (in America) and can vouch for the fact that it is used quite often in Indian cooking. When I got my own apartment (and tiny, ti...

I'm glad I'm not the only one that has run into this problem. To be honest, it wasn't totally my fault. My mom stores things in the oven. I don't. She was over one day, and put a ton of plastic-foi...

My sister's friend got married a couple years ago at a country club in the Midwest. I'd never actually heard of a "groom's cake" until I heard her talking about how the country club staff included ...

You all should check out the book Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone. It's a collection of essays from foodies and writers about this very subjec...

I've been looking for kale in my local grocery store but it's not available. Vegetables I've been eating: lots of frozen spinach, lots of frozen okra, and some frozen mixed veggies. A...

When I was little, my mom would make Cream of Wheat only on days when I had a sore throat and nothing else would go down easily. Sometimes, she would mix in a bit of honey and brown sugar. Other da...

In addition to this great advice, I would also note that most public libraries have a selection of magazines available, either that you can flip through there or check out for a week or two. I don'...

When I was really little (pre-fourth grade), I had problems with school lunches and the lunch ladies. I didn't have a big appetite as a kid and I would try not to take too much food, so as not to w...