Author Archives: Chitra Agrawal

SXSW Food & Tech Session Wrap-Up

March 21, 2011 Chitra Agrawal

Last week, Jas and I moderated a core conversation at SXSW entitled How Technology is Revolutionizing the Way We Eat. In this forum, the audience was encouraged to participate and share. We had a great turnout from individuals at the … More »

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Pairing Wines With Indian Food

March 17, 2011 Chitra Agrawal

For this post, I am going to have my very first guest blogger, Lizzy Esqueda of the Brooklyn Winery, discuss how she went about pairing wines with the Indian supper I prepared. There is not a lot of information out … More »

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An ABCDs Supper @ Brooklyn Winery

March 10, 2011 Chitra Agrawal

This past Sunday, I held an Indian supper for 30 paired with wines at the Brooklyn Winery. It was a really great experience to work with Jenesy and Lizzy at the winery to understand which wines complement the flavors of … More »

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ABCDs is going to SXSW!

March 9, 2011 Chitra Agrawal

This week, I’ll be heading to SXSW in Austin (first time!) with my buddy Jas from Plato Putas to co-chair a session on Food & Technology – How Technology Is Revolutionizing the Way We Eat. This session is a core … More »

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Kapoor’s in Delhi

February 18, 2011 Chitra Agrawal

So when I was in Delhi, I did eat a ton of food, but I have to say Kapoor’s was most memorable. This place is one of my great aunt Kumud’s favorites and it’s obvious from how the owner dotes … More »

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My Great Aunt’s Garam Masala

February 10, 2011 Chitra Agrawal

When I was in Delhi, I took a crash course in North Indian cooking with my grandmother, great aunt and their cook, Ramesh. We must have prepared 20 recipes in the course of 5 days…and we had planned for more … More »

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New Cooking Video: Yellow Peanut Rice

January 20, 2011 Chitra Agrawal

Me, Alana and Paul just made a new cooking video on yellow peanut rice, a South Indian dish from Bangalore, flavored with lemon, coconut & fried peanuts, dals and spices. The actual name for the dish is chitranna (no relation … More »

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