Comments on: How I escaped the hungry husband & learned to love cooking

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:05:40 +0000

Wow, thanks for the links. I absolutely love cooking, but the only blogs I’ve been able to find have been baking blogs. I’ll definitely try out some of the recipies from these!

By: Sai

Sai — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:18:35 +0000

Very good write up indeed Neha. Enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

By: Neha Puntambekar

Neha Puntambekar — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:05:27 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Rishabh, always good to hear from you! Thanks for the link too, will check it out soon. Reading your comment I realized a lot of Indian guys begin cooking as expats. Unfortunately they stop pretty much as soon as a wife enters the picture (not talking about you here obviously).

Rishabh btw is a mean hand in the kitchen. He made the best bhindi (okra) sabzi I’ve ever had, and that includes my Mum’s bhindi sabzi. Taught me how to make it too, though it doesn’t turn out half as good.

By: Neha Puntambekar

Neha Puntambekar — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:56:05 +0000

Haha, Nandita, I made only tea and maggi (don’t you just love maggi?) till I got married because I refused to get bullied into cooking. And while I enjoy cooking (a lot) now, I still get annoyed when I am in India and get accosted about my cooking abilities.

By: Neha Puntambekar

Neha Puntambekar — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:50:57 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Pam! Absolutely love your blog, the food and stories you share.

By: Neha Puntambekar

Neha Puntambekar — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:46:57 +0000

Yeah Vikram I agree things are changing for the better. Slowly, but surely. Thanks for reading.

By: Rishabh

Rishabh — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:48:42 +0000

I echo your trust in A Mad Tea Party. Her Kashmiri meatballs make my mum obsolete.

Try vahrevah.com (smoothly translated as ‘wow oh wow’)
As a child, this guy obviously couldn’t decide between being an entertainer and a cook. Through his videos he remains both.

I started cooking myself when I moved out of India. Before that I left that mundane task to moms and maids. But here in Europe, my palate could never get anchored in spaghetti and I needed more spice in my food than just salt.

As an expat I’ll never really become one of ‘them’. And most certainly I’m not who I once was. Living in this homeless cusp can be bland and frightening. At times like these I scatter hot spices in a hot pan, and riding on those smells I take the cheapest flight back home.

Thanks for the tips Neha. Now if you’ll excuse me, my meatballs are waiting.

By: Nandita

Nandita — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:47:57 +0000

Hahaa Neha, very well written and most Indian girls / women will nod their head at that!As a young girl I wasn’t ever allowed in the kitchen except to make tea or Maggi, so I grew up wanting to get into the kitchen and cook up a storm – marriage gave me the perfect opportunity for that
Got here from Pam’s tweet – i have checked the 365 Vegetarian so far – so will check it out!

By: pamela

pamela — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:36:00 +0000

Hi Neha
Glad you enjoyed the ‘Eat and Dust’ diet!
Keep on cooking!

Pamela

By: Vikram

Vikram — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:22:48 +0000

Hey N, very nice (and honest) article.
Though things are changing (for better) in the cities, kitchens are getting bigger and better in size (compared to the cubby holes we used to have) and it is getting more and more gender neutral; however most of the subcontinent does not live in the cities you know! Long way to go for all of us.
After thought: It is quite strange that as a profession, cooking, is quite a male dominated line of work! Food for thought