My intro to solids.

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Well, this is a big day for me! Mommy told me I get to start solid foods. I can’t wait to see and taste all the good stuff she eats… pizza, burgers, ice cream! It’s been my dream for awhile now!

Let’s see what’s in this bowl… maybe a cupcake?!?!

WHOA! What in the world is that? That’s the weirdest green color I’ve ever seen. Is that even edible?

Avocado? Well, I’m sure it’s yummy since you’re giving it to me! Here we go!

BLEH! Is that supposed to taste good? What in the world are you feeding me?!?

Hmmm… well, that’s a pretty nice spoon there… and my favorite color, orange.

Wait a minute… don’t distract me with a cool spoon! Why are you making me eat this stuff?

I don’t know what all the fuss is about. Solid food is NASTY!

Yea, my face and my left hand pretty much sum up what I’m feeling!

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’nuff said.

nothing could be sweeter…

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When I look back at these photos I ask myself “How did I not gain 30 lbs on this trip?”

I was kicking myself in the butt for waiting till the last day to stop at Made Creative Bakery. I walked past this sweet shop every morning and it was even on my ‘go-to’ list!

I knew I could get cupcakes from numerous shops back home. But this place was mentioned in a number of food blogs… it was definitely worth the visit!

Nope, that’s not a savory sandwich up there!

Above: Made Creative Bakery, via dei Coronari, Rome.

Don’t get the idea that you can walk past Forno Marco Roscioli and not buy something! It’s impossible!

They have the most incredible window display!

Those meringues look big, right? They are! They were bigger than the size of my head!

Casa & Bottega, via dei Coronari, Rome.

The one thing I had to have each day? A bombolone filled with nutella. I miss it so much! (My waistline doesn’t miss it though!)

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Missing Kerala.

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Missing walking around endless rice fields…

travelling around town via auto rick shaw…

shopping for gold ornaments and

sarees…

waiting for my young cousins to return home from school…

ending the day with an incredible home cooked meal.

Images via janetsknitsandstitches.blogspot.com, namesacrossnations.blogspot.com, story-of-us.com, idratherbeinfrance.com, winterhouseworldtour.com, atmomskitchen.wordpress.com.

call me cupcake is calling me…

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I’m a sucker for food photography.

I’m a real sucker for call-me-cupcake‘s photography.

It doesn’t get better than this.

This site has made me try recipes for things I wouldn’t normally like… now that’s great food photography.

And everything is as good as it looks! Check it out…

’nuff said

kerala breakfast.

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What’s for breakfast in a typical Keralite’s house?

Iddiyappam. Made with rice flour and pressed through a

murukku press

to create ‘noodles’ which are steamed.  Generally served with banana, or shredded coconut (this is South India, remember?) and sugar or a savory stew. I ate this pretty much every day during my last visit home.

Uppumavu was part of every Sunday’s breakfast. I hated Sundays as a kid (for obvious reasons) and this dish just added to it. Well, as I grew older I found that I actually missed it. It’s a thick porridge prepared from semolina. My father(!) typically prepared it as savory – mustard seeds, onions and cashews, but always consumed with mashed banana (we love our bananas!).

Above images via flickr, foodlve, and sailusfood.

One of the most popular items for breakfast (or any other meal of the day, quite frankly) is dosa. A rice flour (again, with the rice?) crepe, if you will, often times stuffed with a potato masala and

served alongside sambar and onion, mint and/or coconut chutneys (there’s coconut again) at my house.

I’m stopping here – it’s time to prepare breakfast!

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’nuff said