Indian Passion: HARVARD SQUARE EATERY OFFERS AN EDUCATION IN INDIAN FOOD
My first taste of India's cuisine was a revelation, experienced in my early 20s when some Indian friends staved off homesickness by cooking lamb curry, yellow daal (lentils), puffs of poori (deep-fried bread), and other dishes. The evocative spices, the heady scent of cardamom and curry, the pungent bite of pickles comforted them. To me, it was all new, all exciting.Only later, after many a restaurant meal, did the thrill wear off. Oh, the spices, the scents, the bite of...
Indian Passion: APOLOGY
INDIANS STRUGGLE FOR THEIR HERITAGE
The atmosphere in the Tulalip ceremonial house on this rainy night overpowers the senses. Two roaring fires light the dark; pungent smoke fills the air, stinging the eyes. Sparks fly up through openings in the high-pitched cedar ceiling like bright souls to the black, starless sky. Men with painted faces beat on skin drums. They shake carved sticks called ``kuich-meins'' tied with hundreds of rattling deer hooves. Women slap wooden paddles and chant.A thousand...
Indian Passion: MARKETS
Old Rice and Orange Prunes
Hawthorne Market and International Grocery, 24202 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance, (310) 373-4448. Open 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.Hawthorne Market may not be as impressive as the large department store that owner Shakour Hamidzadah left behind in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, but it's the best Middle Eastern market in the South Bay.In 1978, Hamidzadah had just finished putting up a new five-story building in Kabul when Russian tanks rolled...
Indian Passion: Daily Mail: Can Kate Tame Bachelor Sam?: He Has Dated A String Of Beautiful Actresses And Is Now Kate Winslet's
Lover. But Can Oscar-Winning Director Sam Mendes Escape His Childhood Marriage Fears To Settle Down?
AT A neat semi in an Oxfordshire village yesterday, Mrs Valerie Mendes was saying she hoped one day to have grandchildren.An author of children's books, she recently asked the headmistress of her local primary school if she could sit in on classes, because she had no grandchildren and felt 'Out of touch with what children really are like today'. Mrs Mendes was cautiously optimistic yesterday as it emerged that her only child, Sam, was going out with Kate...
Indian Passion: The Mail on Sunday (United Kingdom): Marcus Trescothick's India Diary: On The Day Nasser Learns The Locals
Think He's 'delicious'
MOnday 12th November - Scary send-off DRIVING down the M4 towards the team's Heathrow hotel for tomorrow's flight to India, the news comes on the radio that a passenger plane has gone down in New York. First thoughts are for the victims and the people of the city who have gone through so much, but what does this mean for the tour? After the events of September 11 and so much soul-searching about going to India at all, then a feeling that everything would be OK and...