I wish I were in southern India right now—sitting at a chaat house, wearing a colorful kurti that I paid four American dollars for, plastic chair wobbling, elbow-to-elbow with strangers, scooping up yogurty raita that absolutely does not contain pomegranate seeds… and is definitely not high protein. If we were actually in southern India, no …
Raita has got to be one of the foods I discovered when traveling in India that I will never, ever forget. The first time I tasted this creamy yogurt dip that calms down the heat of spicy curries I was hooked on raita. In our apartment we rented in Bangalore I would walk down to …
I don’t miss Target very often unless I happen to be in Bangalore India. Today as I lugged five bags of groceries through the ninety degree heat I was missing Target and the convenience of home just a little bit. Part of that could have been lugging five bags of groceries through four different stores …

