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Chaya Rao: What’s in Your Fridge Friday?
She just returned to Austin from a culinary journey in her native India after the New Year and blogged about it along the way, further enamoring me with her cuisine and culture.
Her passion for cooking is visible even before she fires up the burner at her home or at one of her cooking classes at Whole Food or Central Market. Talking quickly with her hands, she’ll explain the similarities between Latin and Indian cooking, why she needs more than a dozen blenders and how to shop for the proper spices without getting a knock-off “curry” blend.
(Take note of her pantry, below, which must be the envy of the neighborhood, with every grain, bean and spice you could think of neatly stored and organized.)
What three things are always in your fridge? Cilantro, some variety of green chili peppers and ginger
What is your favorite condiment? Hot Sauce! I have 6 varieties today: Lizzano from Costa Rica, Mexican habanero, sriracha, gourmet chipotle from Santa Fe, homemade Indian cilantro and mint chutney and homemade Indian pickled mangoes in hot hot mustard and chili sauce.
What’s the hardest to find ingredient you always have on hand? Curry leaves. I have fresh and some dried in my pantry. Also just in case if I run out I have a few plants in my backyard.
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By dan gillotte
February 27, 2009 1:10 PM | Link to this
Hi Abby
I hope all is well with you!
March 16th is Wheatsville’s 33rd Birthday and is the expected time when a major milestone in our expansion project will be reached.
We’ll be moving in to our expanded addition and starting up our new coffee bar, as well as offering fresh baked bread and a new line of ready to cook meats.
I’m really pleased to announce that our coffee bar will offer organic milk, soymilk and syrups at the same price that other coffee places in town charge for their regular offerings.
We will also be starting our new ready to cook meat program as well as debuting a greatly expanded frozen section and additional refrigerated grocery space in our new addition.
Even though we are moving into new digs, there is still a lot of renovation work to go as we begin to renovate the existing store in a series of phases over the next three months. But, we are excited to celebrate our birthday with some new parts of Wheatsville open to the public!
Let me know if you have any questions!
Dan Gillotte Wheatsville GM 478-2667
By G Mohan Prakash
September 22, 2009 7:29 AM | Link to this
Dear Chayya
Your old oracle id bounced and a search on web landed me here..
cheers mohan!