Yesterday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the death of Gandhi, India’s “Father of the Nation.” His relatives spread some of his ashes in the bay of Mumbai / Bombay, in the same water I saw last month. I mentioned that when I first arrived in India, I was staying in a town near Surat, Gujarat,…
An Indian Wedding Ceremony and Feast in India
We went to India to be with good friends, but we were also lucky to be able to be together for a special reason: our friend’s wedding. While in India, we also inadvertently crashed another wedding celebration while we there. In my friend’s father’s village in Gujarat, there was another wedding taking place. This time…
An Introduction to Italian Candy – Caramelle
Sei golosa!! You’re a glutton! I often hear that in Italy. In America, I’m what you’d call a sweet tooth. Everywhere I go I tend to check out the candy counter. I’m not talking today about chocolate or gum today, just “caramelle” which are considered usually hard candies or non-chocolate sweets in Italy. There are…
Desi Chinese, Ice Cream, Dabeli and Other Street Food in India
We were pretty lucky with our experiences eating in India. We didn’t experience any of the chronic bowel problems I’ve heard about, though we invented a new acronym for what we sometimes did experience – SBE – Sudden Bowel Evacuation – which hit every once and a while and afterward we were fine for a…
Marzipan Fruit and Ischitella, Puglia
Since we’re going to India over the Christmas break, we decided to go visit S’ family since we have spent the past 3 years with them. This time we made a special trip deep into the National Park Gargano. S’ father was born in Ischitella, a small town with less than 5,000 people in it…
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