My usual taste in food leans towards bold, spicy flavors and lately, I’ve been in a mood for the delicious flavours of the cuisine of India, with a particular desire for veggies and shrimp, so being an adventurous, international foodista, I decided to get into my kitchen and satisfy my desire. Not wanting to settle for my go-to curry dish, I turned to a few of my Indian cookbooks. I ran across a wealth of tempting recipes, but with this...

I bought a papaya today! I’m absolutely crazy about papaya. Unfortunately, they are one of those fruits that I often think about using, but end up forgetting to put on my shopping list. Well, I didn’t forget today. And the baby I bought weighed nearly four pounds! It was actually the smallest one I could find. The main reason I bought it was to see how it would taste in a smoothie, but I had no idea how I would use the rest. Well,...