I love to read blogs. These are mostly food related (read 99%). Though I will still cook dal, chawal and wont even think of attempting something exotic, pas de peur but mostly lack of inclination (yes I am the epitome of laziness and lack of interest), I read these blogs mostly for a lovely write up or story they write. There is my all time favorite David lebovitz ,a san Francisco chef who shifted to France a few years back (and whose books I request as birthday gift. I have three of them now). who writes so lovely and humorous accounts, often with different expressions and sarcasm that I can go on and on reading about him. I have a well thumbed "my sweet life in Paris" that I have carried to endless road trips to far off never lands in US. I have never found any other chef as witty and funny, who writes so well. not just using "Shashi Tharoor" English but using English the right way to create a humerous take on food and life in general. He is just so adorable. (PS: he is almost 60 and has a stable and more cute partner, so adorable doesnot mean the other way). Then there is bongmom of bongmom cookbook (who also has a book published in that name). she starts where mr David leaves off. she is a notch above in humor and helps me whenever my better half (?) half demands for mustard based or Bengali oriented food. (A jharkhandi who has a heavily Bengal infuenced food habits). A few more like "a Wednesday chef" and orangeatte (whose books I have liked as well )Kichukhonn and memorie d'angelina (very approachable) and some which I flick once a while (ruchik randhap and aayis recipes...more recipe and not much story).
I look forward to new posts from these blogs and a few more not mentioned here. However I noticed a lot of mediocre writers with neither the flow of language nor story nor technique of writing entering the blog world maybe because their near ones encouraged them to write the blog. these self proclaimed foodies who dont even care to write the right foreign word if they are mentioning it (choriz instead of chorizo stays in my mind). One of the blogger who incidently comes as a guest judge (he neither has formal education in food nor a restaurant nor a crtically acclaimed cookbook nor knowledge and real mediocre writing) on one of the shows in "khana khazana" channel. the fault lies in who? in channel or just indian bloggers who scratch each others backs in attempt to get famous. I am still wondering.
The another one is an ex colleague. No I am neither resentful nor jealous. My blog neither has comment section open nor is available on google search. I deactivated that option the moment I started my blog. a selected few have the link to my blog and they have no right to comment ;). the fact that I spoke to her just last Friday and she "casually" mentioned about her blog and her "eliteness" emanating from her cocktail party talk where I spoke for 15 minutes in a 50 minutes talk , where I was cut several times and after a while it just became a hmm, ohh, OK, wow conversation from my end. Her so called passion for food, her condescending talks on anything from marital life to food and not reading anything worth mentioning. I kept the phone and like a true IN** person, went to a true friend for relaxing and no talking. I came back to a thin crust dominos pizza which my pilla enjoyed the most of his two pieces and I went to sleep....early :):)
Incidently I read her blog a few days back when she has sent me a link and this thought process came to existence. Just because you think you are, doesnot mean that you are. True, everyone has right to explore but please don't flaunt and fish for compliments...some people (read me) are allergic and don't like it. psst...keep it a secret.
I look forward to new posts from these blogs and a few more not mentioned here. However I noticed a lot of mediocre writers with neither the flow of language nor story nor technique of writing entering the blog world maybe because their near ones encouraged them to write the blog. these self proclaimed foodies who dont even care to write the right foreign word if they are mentioning it (choriz instead of chorizo stays in my mind). One of the blogger who incidently comes as a guest judge (he neither has formal education in food nor a restaurant nor a crtically acclaimed cookbook nor knowledge and real mediocre writing) on one of the shows in "khana khazana" channel. the fault lies in who? in channel or just indian bloggers who scratch each others backs in attempt to get famous. I am still wondering.
The another one is an ex colleague. No I am neither resentful nor jealous. My blog neither has comment section open nor is available on google search. I deactivated that option the moment I started my blog. a selected few have the link to my blog and they have no right to comment ;). the fact that I spoke to her just last Friday and she "casually" mentioned about her blog and her "eliteness" emanating from her cocktail party talk where I spoke for 15 minutes in a 50 minutes talk , where I was cut several times and after a while it just became a hmm, ohh, OK, wow conversation from my end. Her so called passion for food, her condescending talks on anything from marital life to food and not reading anything worth mentioning. I kept the phone and like a true IN** person, went to a true friend for relaxing and no talking. I came back to a thin crust dominos pizza which my pilla enjoyed the most of his two pieces and I went to sleep....early :):)
Incidently I read her blog a few days back when she has sent me a link and this thought process came to existence. Just because you think you are, doesnot mean that you are. True, everyone has right to explore but please don't flaunt and fish for compliments...some people (read me) are allergic and don't like it. psst...keep it a secret.
