(It)aly just melts your heart...

It has been kind of long since I posted anything here. But I bring you some more of the visual treat from Italy - yes it's a never ending process and  ...it takes over one small part of heart first and then slowly captures the whole heart and then just keep melting you in its love and charm. That's Italy !

Definition of love

If someone asked me for my definition of 'love', I would say it's my husband - Mehul. 

I feel blessed, everyday, every moment.

( I know not the best photo but a special one that I wanted to treasure !) 

Cooking with Love

I have discovered over time what matters most in cooking is NOT the recipe but how much love the food is prepared with.

And just a slight different sequence of adding the same spices makes the whole dish so different in taste. I am discovering so many exciting new spices and blends in south Indian cooking from my friends.

 I am practising more conscious cooking and cooking with compassion because I read somewhere 'You are what you eat'.

Eat with love. Cook with love.

Life is often about ordinary things...and special people

My mother in law is a wise and an extremely loving lady, who inspires me to derive joy from simple things in life.

I have seen her getting so much joy in doing plain routine things - plucking apples from the trees, sharing some old stories, looking over old pictures, and reminiscing over old friends and times spent with them or cooking for us - her children. An extraordinarily caring person also having an incredible power to fight for a just cause and to protect her children. I guess that instinct somehow automatically comes with being a mother...

She tells me that it's often the joy from ordinary things that give a new meaning to life. 

A pretty silver bowl which she gave me when I was leaving India.... reminding me of everything that she stands for. She is indeed a special person in my life...

... here's to a mother !

Love

I totally flipped over this piece in Bali. It's miraculous. Simple. Passionate. Great design. One piece. Art. My bedside. Love. Mehul.