Monica Bhide

iSpice Winners and Monica Bhide’s Favourite Spice

January 6, 2011

Today I get to spread more joy. I think I could get used to this. It makes me feel a tiny bit like Oprah — you win an iSpice, and YOU win an iSpice, and YOU win an iSpice! The only difference? Everyone was expecting a mass giveaway. And the winners don’t have to pay [...]

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2011 Resolutions and 10 iSpice Giveaways

January 3, 2011

This is the time of year I look over last years’ resolutions, publicly admit defeat and prove my optimistic tendencies by giving it yet another go. This year? For the first time ever, I actually met all my published goals. Admittedly, they weren’t grandiose, like landing a guest spot on Oprah or writing a best [...]

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Food Apps for iPhone and iPad

December 22, 2010

I have turned into one of those hand-held-gadget people I used to mock. Once blissfully free of anything more technically advanced than a pen and notepad, I now find myself tethered to a library of tunes, a six-tiered calendar, five email accounts and a nest full of Angry Birds — via a computer the size [...]

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Double-Double Chocolate Cake

August 17, 2010

I’m still on a bit of a high. Last week, Monica Bhide came for lunch. With her family. On her birthday. Which just happened to be her son’s 11th birthday as well. While I was thrilled she was coming and touched she would choose to spend her birthday with me, I was a bit nervous [...]

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Winner of Modern Spice

November 30, 2009

Cheryl Wilson called it when she wrote, “What a pregnant woman wants, a pregnant woman gets.” Her saffron story won over Monica Bhide, the author of Modern Spice and judge for this giveaway. Monica says, “While I loved Amy’s response, I think the winner is the lady who had a hankering for saffron when pregnant!! [...]

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Roasted Cauliflower with Fennel – A Virtual Potluck with Monica Bhide

June 22, 2009

Okay, I’m trying really hard to keep it real. See the aqua cast iron pan? It’s older than I am and has permanent baked on stains. Remember that. It’s important. Why? Because this is my contribution to Monica Bhide’s Virtual Potluck Party and I’m trying really hard not to let my head get too big. [...]

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