This is part 2 of our pujo spread  post. Prompted by our friends going to a pujo spread buffet at a local Indian restaurant, I decided t...

This Durga pujo we got more busy than usual, as both me and my teenage daughter decided to volunteer at the pujo venue. Serving food for hu...

  This is a famous Bangladeshi food served in wedding and other party banquets. In our part of US it is frequently ordered from caterers i...

Durga pujo is just around the corner. The fall weather in Pacific North West is very close to that of Kolkata just before Pujo. The sky...

    This was the longest time I have not blogged since I started. My one and a half month long trip to India was the initial reason. Aft...

Today folks back home in Kolkata is celebrating Makar Sankranti a festival of harvest. The houses fill with the smell of guur (jaggery), fre...

  Makar (Poush) Sankranti is just around the corner. This is when pithe is made in Bong homes. This weekend we had decided to stay at hom...

One of my friends invited me to her home for Christmas and I planned to bake a cake for everyone. I generally make Christmas cake by soaking...

Once Durga pujo is over the custom is to visit friends, family and neighbors to wish each other on Bijoya Dashomi . We touch our elders fee...

Let me start by wishing all my readers Subha Mahalaya. Today is Mahalaya, which signifies the start of the fortnight long celebration o...

Poila boishakh is the first day of Bengali Calendar. It is based on Surya Siddhanta and closely tied with the Vedic Solar Calendar. It gene...