Author: Dolphia Nandi Arnstein

Brunch

Paneer bhurji aka Paneer stir fry

Desk lunch! When I was browsing the internet during my free hours (getting fewer every day) last week I came across this term (the original article is here from Saveur). I am not much of a cafeteria person. The Boston Globe cafeteria is fine but the food doesn’t taste like food, and […]

Brunch

Homemade Granola Recipe

No matter how delicious the lunch that I prepare my husband is, he will never eat it. He is a die-hard lover of yogurt and granola. Even after dinner, if he is in the mood for dessert, he will have a bowl of granola and yogurt. I am not a granola […]

Desserts

Spicy Savory Cookies for our anniversary/valentine

Very few girls are lucky to have a Valentine wedding but I did. It was a small wedding with just M and me in front of a Justice of the Peace. We wanted this wedding to be just ours and celebrate it in a unique and personal way. We had a social wedding in […]

Cauliflower with mustard
Vegetarian

Baked cauliflower with Mustard

This recipe has been published at BostonGlobe. Please visit the link here. Have I ever told you how much I hate salad? Last week I told M to pack me some salad for lunch. He was surprised (read shocked), but he did. After a few hours I texted him that I […]

Seafood

Baked Fish with Tomatoes and Onion

The recipe has been published by Boston Globe and you can find it here. We are back from Bretton Woods celebrating M’s birthday and he was very excited to ski after five years.  (Sigh, I also tried it without much success :sad:). The day started with a nice breakfast and then […]

Turkish Tea with Smoke
Photography Tutorials

Food Photography – Journey through my lens

I am not a professional food photographer like many of you. I bought my camera in 2012, and it came with a kit lens 18-55mm. That same year I bought a 50mm 1.8 lens during Thanksgiving according to my cousin’s suggestion. I came to realize that the 50mm lens creates magic (It […]