Roman Holiday, 1953! A girlish Audrey Hepburn and a swashbuckling Gregory Peck! A princess making a last bid for freedom before dull matrimony and the burden of the kingdom buries her in boredom. A dashing and gallant journalist (are there any of those anymore?) shows her around breathtaking Rome. ********* Roman Holiday, 2013! A middle …
I am on an eternal quest. Constantly searching, constantly seeking. And before you assume that I am an intrepid explorer searching for the shortest sea route to the Galapagos islands, or a member of the Spanish Conquistadors hunting for El Dorado in the Amazonian rain forests, let me hasten to assure you that my …
This is for all you tofu lovers, who’ve been searching for this post! R
My daughter turns 20 today and wicked mom that I am, I have this story to share. At four, D was a curious child that was forever getting into things. And her fascination was for stuff that older people used. One day she had a red and angry scratch on her upper lip. “What happened …
You may well ask, what does George Clooney have to do with Vietnamese rainbow rice-paper rolls? Does he make them? Or eat them, regularly? Or endorse them? I have no clue….as we haven’t communicated of late :)……but then I haven’t communicated with anyone in almost a month. I’ve been busy, busy, busy. Busy making cakes, …
Announcing the winners of my Giveaway! The winner of the One Year’s subscription to MyCakeSchool is Jaya Kanak! And the three winners for the box of chocolate cupcakes, are Vidya Sujit, Swetha Jegannathan and Supriti Bezbaruah. R Please contact me through my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SinsationsByRadhika. Congratulations to you! And Thank you for all of you …
I am back after a long break! Back to baking and blogging. Back to Singapore and the start of TWO new Study Groups! Back in the midst of friends and festivals… There is so much to share. A million thoughts racing through my mind. Two fascinating topics to research, and to present on. The festivals …
It was Ganesh Chathurthi last Monday- the birthday of the most beloved God of Hindu mythology. That love is clearly exhibited with people creating or bringing home unbaked clay images of Ganesh and celebrating his existence with prayers and festivities. On the 10th day, his idol is immersed in water and the clay dissolves. This …
The birthday boy wanted a Volcano. I wanted to create the best, smoking, spewing, exploding Etna. I researched dry ice and its merits and drawbacks. How to beg, borrow or steal it! Or simply to buy it. How to store and handle it. How to get it to smoke, effectively! But it wasn’t to be! …
It’s been a year folks! *rubbing eyes in disbelief* Yes, I’ve been rambling on for a year now and I actually have readers who aren’t just family and friends. Friends and family who’ve been cajoled, persuaded, bribed, threatened 🙂 Sometimes when I look at my statistics (stopped studying it 30 years back in college, but …