I love the last couple of months in the year. It is time for this hard-working country to slow down and indulge a little. Thanksgiving time in the US is very akin to Diwali time in India. There is hoards of shopping and parties and get-togethers. Window displays and street decorations vie for your attention. There is an early onset of Christmas tree sellers at street corners and cinnamon scents at bakeries and Christmas music wafting in through open doors...The number of employees on vacation hits the roof (and poor, hardworking folks who didn't go on that vacation suddenly find themselves inundated with extra hours.)
Normally, this is the time for me to indulge my reclusiveness. I find excuses to stay at home and get cozy. Have never really appreciated late Fall morphing into winter so quickly. Or I try to flee to warmer pastures, usually that annual visit to India. However, this year, since travel is not an option, I determined to enter into the Holiday spirit more fully. At-least until it starts pelting snow...
What I am reading: Lots of ARE prep material and nothing remotely exciting....
What I am watching: Thank God for savvy series makers turning to best-selling novels for their scripts! How else would I ever catch up with my pending reading... Elena Ferranate's much acclaimed 'My Brilliant Friend' has been gathering dust quietly on a shelf. I was so thrilled when the husband came across the show on HBO. Made in Italian(with English sub-titles), the series retains a lot of the charm of the book (I was told). I found the series hard to get into, but am completely hooked now. It's a coming of age story of 2 little girls growing up in Naples. The characters, the sets and the instances are rich with details. Another show I'd recommend is Succession (on Amazon Prime?) It's not an unusual story - the aging patriarch of a billionaire media conglomerate is reluctant to rescind his throne to his kin. But the flawed characters are so well-nuanced, that you actually care for them, root for them. The show manages to create edge-of-seat moments with corporate drama.Mrs. Maisel is back and thank God for that.
What I am cooking: I have been making a more conscious effort to get in protein and fiber in my diets. To that end, I am trying to master a couple of Bengali fish preparations. Here is a picture of my 'macher jhaal' and 'oats upma' for those cold winter mornings.
And that's it for today folks! Stay warm!
Normally, this is the time for me to indulge my reclusiveness. I find excuses to stay at home and get cozy. Have never really appreciated late Fall morphing into winter so quickly. Or I try to flee to warmer pastures, usually that annual visit to India. However, this year, since travel is not an option, I determined to enter into the Holiday spirit more fully. At-least until it starts pelting snow...
What I am reading: Lots of ARE prep material and nothing remotely exciting....
What I am watching: Thank God for savvy series makers turning to best-selling novels for their scripts! How else would I ever catch up with my pending reading... Elena Ferranate's much acclaimed 'My Brilliant Friend' has been gathering dust quietly on a shelf. I was so thrilled when the husband came across the show on HBO. Made in Italian(with English sub-titles), the series retains a lot of the charm of the book (I was told). I found the series hard to get into, but am completely hooked now. It's a coming of age story of 2 little girls growing up in Naples. The characters, the sets and the instances are rich with details. Another show I'd recommend is Succession (on Amazon Prime?) It's not an unusual story - the aging patriarch of a billionaire media conglomerate is reluctant to rescind his throne to his kin. But the flawed characters are so well-nuanced, that you actually care for them, root for them. The show manages to create edge-of-seat moments with corporate drama.Mrs. Maisel is back and thank God for that.
What I am cooking: I have been making a more conscious effort to get in protein and fiber in my diets. To that end, I am trying to master a couple of Bengali fish preparations. Here is a picture of my 'macher jhaal' and 'oats upma' for those cold winter mornings.
And that's it for today folks! Stay warm!
