Have you ever been surprised by a whiff of something that brings back a memory, strongly, sharply? If you could bottle memories, to just be reminded of a…
My first tryst with the quintessential British tea time was deep within the pages of Jane Austen’s books, where I was regaled with the romance and drama around…
My coming-of-age book was incidental. It was not a classic. Not Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mocking Bird. I ended my teens with Mario Puzo’s…
You would think that trekking in the Himalayas and drinking tea would go together. Walking through misty forests above green swirling swathes of tea gardens is just the…
The air in Buenos Aires is crisp that summer morning in October 2013, faintly chill on my eyelashes at 17 Celsius. Even at 8 a.m., the upmarket…
If you know any Indians you’d know that as soon as the first drizzle hits, we start preparing. Preparing for all the food that we are going to…
If there is one city that is synonymous with great tea and food, it is Chengdu, the 14-million strong capital of the Szechwan province in south-western China. It…
I promised you Granita in my last post and here it is. This Moroccan Mint Tea and Honey Granita is as summer as summer gets! It’ll make you…