My Journey
Hello and welcome to my world. I was born in a rather big family of foodies and am the youngest of the seven siblings. Dad was very particular about his food and would travel all around the city to bring the best of the ingredients for Mom to cook. As a wee kid, my memories of my Mom are mostly about her cooking. She spent most of her time prepping and cooking several meals every day for our family of ten. Mom did lots of pickles, chutneys, jams besides drying seasonal produce under the Sun. Nothing came in jars or bottles or cans back in the day so everything was made from fresh produce and lots of vegetables and fruits were preserved when in season so the family can enjoy the goodies in winter. When I was ten, Mom and Dad became vegetarians for spiritual reasons. Their leading philosophy was to be kind to all things living and not to harm any animals or birds in particular. Dad was known in our wider community as a terrific chef who made mouth watering meat and chicken delicacies. Ov...