Author: Dolphia Nandi Arnstein

Christmas, Holidays, Photography, Uncategorized

Holiday Decorations – 2016

When you live in 823 sq feet apartment, you learn to be creative! How do I decorate? I buy few winter greens from local grocery and use them wherever I can. Trust me, they help you to create fresh and organic vibes among plastic Holiday jungle.  Most of my close friends gift […]

My Thoughts, Photography

Year of 2016 – Words and Photographs

Few days back I saw a friend of mine wrote at Twitter – ‘Why 2016 is officially a bad year for her?’. She wrote what went wrong with her. I always wonder why people always focus on the bad things and never write about good things. When I was growing […]

Christmas, Holidays, Photography

Holidays of 2016

‘Did you stop blogging?’ asks my friend. ‘No.’ I replied precisely. Over the span of few months I thought, discussed and mulled over gallons of Matcha latte. It made me think ‘Why I started Story of Cooks?’ All of you know, the reason I started Story of Cooks, because I […]

Uncategorized

India – Part II

Hope you enjoyed reading India – Part I. My parents live in India; Kolkata precisely. They live in a 3-storied house with a beautiful garden. Mom and dad love gardening so they bought some extra land in front of our house. These are photos from their garden. As you can […]

Photography, Travel

India – Part 1

I grew up in Kolkata and lived there for 25 years of my life. It’s quite nostalgic to visit the city, family members and relatives. But, I don’t miss Kolkata as much I miss mom’s love and food. She pampers me with my childhood favorite dishes, gives me spa treatments. […]

Desserts, Diwali, Holidays

Diwali Food – Malpua, Rose Sondesh, Potato Tikki

October, November, and December are my favorite months. It starts with Durga Puja and ends with my most utmost favorite Christmas. During this time, I decorate our nest for Diwali, Thanks-giving & Christmas and we both gain weight from the goodies I prepare. No matter how busy I am, every year […]