Friday, January 30, 2009

Craving Indian Food...


I'm not sure if it's because my husband can't stop talking about Slumdog Millionaire or that I haven't had in ages, but I want Indian food. Now! (Maybe it's both.) I love this little place called Clay Pit in Austin. They have great Indian food with fun cocktails like Mango Margaritas. I think Foti will take me today since he's off. I'm super excited. We definitely need to get out and make ourselves mingle sometimes.

On the subject of Indian food, there's a great book I wanted to recommend. It's call Easy Indian by local chef, Suneeta Vaswani. I had the pleasure of working and learning from her when I was the culinary director of Sur La Table many moons ago. She teaches by telling fascinatingly beautiful stories. It's truly an amazing treat to be a part of her classes. She still teaches all over Texas and I strongly recommend her class to anyone that loves to cook authentic, ethnic cuisine. It's a true learning experience. She makes the best garam masala and chutneys too. But, everything she makes is the best! If she had a restaurant, she would make a killing, because no one could compete with her. On top of it all, she manages to make it look easy.

Cheers to Indian Food!

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