For the love of food and travel

There was a food fest week held in our little man's preschool, couple of years back. Basically it was to showcase the different kinds of food eaten in different regions, particularly in India. Since this was happening during the snack time, main focus was to provide small snack items for the kids. So there were North Indian snacks on one day....then South Indian, East Indian and West Indian. The fifth day was Fun Food Fest.  Since the moms volunteered to pitch in for each day....I chose the fun food day. And decided to give mini muffins with chocolate frosting and sprinkles. You can imagine the sparkle in every kids' eyes when they saw these little goodies.  The name “muffin” either comes from the German word “muffe” or from the French word “moufflet”, meaning soft bread. A muffin is an individual-sized, baked product. It can refer to two distinct items, a part-raised flatbread and a cupcake-like quickbread. The flatbread is of British or European derivation, and date

Have you ever had that moment when you feel "bored" to make the same old rice & chapati and some regular gravies or curries to go along with it.  I keep getting those moments ALOT!!!! So here I am, again....making something different for my family for dinner....Quiche.  This dish tastes yumm, when it is warm....and I was waiting for the time when all of us (I mean, Mr. Peter & the kids) were home for dinner....at the same time. Usually, it's difficult to have a meal together as a family at the dining table, especially on weeknights....but this day, they were all home. And that prompted me to make Quiche. Although quiche is now a classic dish of French cuisine, quiche actually originated in Germany, in the medieval kingdom of Lothringen, under German rule, and which the French later renamed Lorraine. The word ‘ quiche ’ is from the German ‘ Kuchen ’, meaning cake.  The original ‘Quiche Lorraine’ was an open pie with a filling consisting of an egg and