I tell my procrastinating son all the time, "Getting started is the hardest part". It's true for me too. I wanted to start this project during the pandemic, but got distracted with my kids home all the time and everything else. Now, I have the time and I end up going down rabbit holes of research for Anglo-Indian cooking historical terms, ingredients and methods, instead of following a cake recipe. So, we are just going to start with Almond Cake, the very first recipe in

On this blog, I invite you to step into the world of vintage Anglo-Indian recipes and stories passed down through generations in my family. After my beloved grandmother passed away, I found a couple of old cookbooks hidden in a drawer. The Economical Cookery Book and The Indian Cookery Book. I find cookbooks irresistible and these were fascinating, in spite of their terrible condition. They not only had recipes I wanted to try, but household hints, etiquette recommendation