2014 is the first year I hosted a Spring Garden Ladies Lunch in our new home in Los Gatos. We moved a year earlier but it took me a year to get the garden updated to my liking. Don’t get me wrong; the garden in this property is what sold me on the home! Continue reading Our First Spring Garden Ladies Lunch
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Birthday Celebration in the Garden
In the summer of 2014 Hitesh and the girls hosted a birthday celebration for me in the garden. Here are pictures from that event. Continue reading Birthday Celebration in the Garden
French Press Tea Anyone?
You’ve all seen the French press, it’s everywhere now. If you are a coffee connoisseur, I’m sure you have a French press. It’s supposed to be the best coffee gadget to bring out the delicate coffee flavor. What I didn’t know is that it can also be used to brew tea. Continue reading French Press Tea Anyone?
Cauliflower and Roasted Garlic Soup
I made this soup the first Sunday of the New Year after the holidays. It was time to get back into the Sunday Soup routine that I had started last year. Everyone loved the idea of having soup on Sundays for dinner, and it made it easy for me too to plan the meal for Sunday – it was going to be soup, that’s it! Nothing else! Continue reading Cauliflower and Roasted Garlic Soup
Wrapping Presents!
I love, love, love, wrapping presents! Not only that; I love, love, giving presents too. Probably because it gives me an opportunity to wrap a present!!
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Halloween Pumpkin Carving
What’s fall without Halloween? And what’s Halloween without the candy and the pumpkins? Halloween in 2015 fell on a Saturday! And what a gorgeous day October 31st, 2015 was! It was a beautiful sunny day with cool 70s temperatures. All the conditions were perfect for a memorable Halloween celebration. Continue reading Halloween Pumpkin Carving
A French Inspired Vegetarian Picnic Dinner. Celebrating Rakshabandan
Every year my cousins Mahesh and Nando and their families are invited for Rakshabandan dinner at our home. We started the tradition of celebrating Rakshabandan over a decade ago. It usually falls in the late summer so we try to have dinner outside giving us an opportunity to enjoy the cool evening with drinks and dinner. Continue reading A French Inspired Vegetarian Picnic Dinner. Celebrating Rakshabandan