TARTS, PIES, & GALETTES

Apple Pie By Roy
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Autumn | Simple Apple Pie

A very simple Apple Pie Before I start writing about apple pie I wanted to write about my feeling during our second lockdown. I love sitting by the window and working and observing people who walk by with their dogs. Occasionally we exchange smiles and some other times my kids shout a Hello. A poem […]

Podo Pitha of Odisha
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Raja Festival of Odisha | Stuffed Podo Pitha

Raja Mum’s Way Its 5 o’clock and I am literally dragged out of the bed. Half dazed and have to get fresh. Getting smeared with fresh yellow turmeric at that hour I can only think of my collars. Carefully my mum makes floral motifs on my forehead with a matchstick smeared in sandalwood paste. While the […]

Kakera Procedure By Roy
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Cosmopolitan Raja | kakera Pitha

I don’t know why every time of this year I feel so joyous. It is Raja, a festival which celebrates the Goddess Earth. All young girls on these few days are considered incarnation of the Goddess. You suddenly seems to have graduated to a pedestal next to god. People of Odisha prayer to the goddess for […]

Handcrafted Mini Mince Pies
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Manger| Handcrafted Mini Mince Pies

She smiled to herself as she felt the tiny swell of her belly. The pink satin brushed her skin. The hormones were strong and so was her instinct. The flutter in her tummy made everything around her twinkle. She closed her eyes and imagined the tiny dingy kitchen of her childhood. The wood fired oven kept the […]

Brownie and Tart
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Happy Birthday | Broart

Birthdays small & simple or big & lavish whatever be the case everyone wants a piece of cake.Forget the damp halls,bad face painting and the soggy local bakers cake. Today’s birthday parties are all about flashing the cash and throwing the glitziest bash (Nopes there is no mockery here when I,Me,myself is sailing in the […]