comfort foods

just saw this fun food quiz - i'm a total foodie, so it was a bit difficult for me, and as you can tell, i've totally cheated. i'd love to know your answers!

the aroma that comes to mind when you are hungry

the smell of onions, tomatoes, garlic and spices being fried up in the kitchen. i know it sounds generic, but it's the start of so much yummy indian cooking!

a snack you always carry with you

granola bar sadly - the only portable thing i don't feel too guilty about

the food you crave when you are depressed

easy. chocolate - in any form

what's on your wish-list when you are happiest

hands down - dal bati with my mom's garlic chutney and tons of lime juice. really good mexican food comes a close second. also, the good fortune wrap from main sqeeze in CoMo and magic meatballs from the flying carpet truck in philly

your most memorable meal?

falafels and fresh pita on a street restaurant in dubai, pizza in the shadow of the coliseum in rome and hot pad thai when i was freezing my ass off standing in line overnight in new york - they all sound like they have crazy stories attached and i love that they do! and for pure reminiscing - my naniji's cooking when we visited india as kids

a dish you have cooked for a loved one

black bean soup for the fam. a fun oscar party buffet for my friends

a cuisine you have heard about and are keen to sample

good vegetarian south american food, if it exists

the most outrageous food you have come across

in missouri - sliced green peppers, battered and deep-fried, and then sprinkled with powdered sugar. why do that to a vegetable?

your favourite from your mom's kitchen

there are so many, but luckily, an indian meal can consist of several dishes - khichdi with dhai, broccoli aloo sabji with raita with chonk, and besan ladoo. my mom also makes a killer lasagna. plus, my dad makes amaaazing soups

7th Annual MIAAC Film Festival

for all new yorkers out there - come out and see some great shows! i can even send you a discount code if you ask nicely! ;)

The Seventh Annual Mahindra-Indo American Arts Council Festival is here - November 7-11, 2007

Five days...
Fifty films and documentaries…
ZERO wait.

The festival begins November 7th, with the Opening Night Screening of Saawariya, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor and Salman Khan, at the Loews Times Square, followed by a gala reception at Madame Tussauds. The excitement continues over the next four days, with a diverse range of features, docs and post-screening discussions with actors and filmmakers. Some of the highlights include: Valley of Flowers, Missed Call, Via Darjeeling, Sita Sings the Blues, Gearing Up and AIDS Jaago. For the first time, festival-goers can watch our lineup at two convenient locations – Loews 19th and Broadway in New York City and the Newport Center Mall in Jersey City. The festival comes to a magnificent end with the Closing Night Screening of The Last Lear, starring Amitabh Bachcan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal, on November 11th at Asia Society.

For a complete schedule, please visit www.iaac.us

read it:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/11/hitchens200711?printable=true&currentPage=all

just read it, nothing more, nothing less

note to andy bernard

how dare you sir? doing something so sweet that i may have to choose that moment as my fave over that of pb&j... i'm torn.