Thanks for visiting my site!

I hope to use this site for sharing recipes and cooking tips with my family and friends. As you may have guessed, one of the loves of my life is food. I consider myself an amateur chef. Being born in Amsterdam of Indian descent, and having lived in Curacao (a tiny island in the Caribbean) and Florida, I was exposed to a great variety of foods from many different cultures at a very early age. Although I came up with most of the recipes on this site, some of them are borrowed. However, I often post them anyway if I truly think the recipe is worth sharing. In addition, I try to post recipes that are easy to prepare, because as a fellow working 24-7 type of person, I know time for most of us is scarce.

My goals in life include cooking delicious food, helping out wherever I can, making someone laugh every day, being my own boss (or “OUR” own boss, if you include my better half), reducing my carbon footprint, and never growing up so I can always blend in with the high school / college crowd (in terms of looks and youthfulness).

In addition to food, I have a healthy appetite for the latest gadgets, technology, and any ideas or tools that make life a little easier. I consider myself extremely rich since I have the nicest, most supportive family you can think of. My family (including in-laws) lives in four different states, but not a day goes by that I don’t talk to at least one family member and use up a good amount of AT&T minutes.

Speaking of family, this site would not exist if it weren’t for my super-fly husband, Anil Chawla. He is the reason why this all got started.

Enjoy!

Varsha