Soul Food

Cravings :  Sated.
Wants : Received.
Soul food : Spirit fed.

So many foods to choose from! My birthday dinner,my special lunch date or the dinner I lovingly prepared on valentine's day and house party at my cousin's place.All healthy,pure foods wonderfully prepared with special memories to accompany.I have consumed quite a bit of soul food this year nourishing body,mind and soul. Unfortunately that leaves me in a conundrum: I don’t have one thing that I ate this year that I can pick out, and if I tried, I’d be here forever. What I do love is the family time that comes from sharing a meal, even if it in front of the TV.  I like our Sunday morning ritual of having ginger tea while reading The Times of India.  Or the occasional friday night popcorn binge.  With friends, I’ve enjoyed many a cup of gourmet coffee accompanied by the odd dinner time.The disastrous recipe trials, and even the boring we’re-to0-lazy-to-cook moments become soul food when they’re accompanied by friends and family you care about.That’s just how I roll.And OMG the shooters at Love Shack, the evening before I left.. I can’t even describe how good they were, except to say that if you go ,GET. IT.

 When I think of soul food, seasonal,it changes for me. Spring: my soul food would be strawberries and pineapples. There is nothing like freckled berries that doesn't make me happy. I like it in any form,cakes,yoghurts or eating their sun drenched goodness, just as they are.

Summer:  probably popcorn, I love to escape on a hot, humid day to the theater. I love the beach, too.There is nothing like the escape of a great summer blockbuster, popcorn in hand and treasured memories of practically growing up in a theater. Popcorn is a comfort food for me, isn't that soul food. Takes you back to your roots.

Fall's soul food, would be several things, I love cauliflowers and cottage cheese.

Now this brings me to Winter.The scent of the cupcake is Christmas for me, the warmth of family, laughter and love.

If I really have to pick one,I would choose the seafood at Britto's (Goa).The seafood platter,the chicken vindaloo and the prawn something...I don't remeber the dish name,but I remeber the taste,was out an out a gastro orgasm.Well,I cannot really end with one.I cannot forget the Prawn Bags at Tasty Tangles and the Chicken Caesar's Salad at Toscano accompanied by people of my choice (love I mean : )).And none of my food ends without Tabasco.I require it for jus about everything.