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Food

Spiced Candied Pecans

Dosas

Kichidi

Ragu

Chipotle Chicken

Black-Eyed Peas over Polenta

Sweet Potatoes and Lentils in Coconut Milk

Tamarind Mojito

Kumquat & Ginger Chutney

Padma’s Apple Cake

Padma’s Mac & Cheese with Pickled Jalapeños

Padma’s Chamomile Hot Toddy

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Never trust someone who doesn’t like a WHOLE DAM

Never trust someone who doesn’t like a WHOLE DAMN cuisine!!

#redflag

“I write this from my home in New York City on a

“I write this from my home in New York City on a quiet, snowy February day. The streets outside my window are mostly empty, as they have been for the past year. I usually relish the quiet snow brings. But this past year, the quiet—broken by the screams of ambulance sirens—was a symptom of fear, not snow.

Homebound, many of us waited and fretted about when this waiting and fretting would end. For others of us, being home has brought danger—home is not always the safest place, just as travel is not always a choice.”

What is travel writing in the time of Covid? I was deeply honored to edit and write the introduction for ‘The Best American Travel Writing: 2021’. These anthologies have always been my favorite to read and I can’t believe I got to edit and choose some really astonishing writing. In a year when most of us were unable to travel, this collection is a testament to the strange and myriad experiences we all had.

Take a look at what brilliant writers like @kieselaymon, @bill.buford, and more had to say on what the year was like for them.

I hope folks will read this in years to come to remember this time in our history. I hope you enjoy reading this collection as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

Available in bookstores everywhere today!

✨Link in bio✨

@marinerbooks @harpercollins

#travelwriting #bestamerican2021 #pubdate #essays #creativenonfiction

Happy Indigenous People’s Day

Happy Indigenous People’s Day

Fall feels 🍂

Biding my time…

Biding my time…

SB8 was in place for over a month in Texas, bannin

SB8 was in place for over a month in Texas, banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape, sexual abuse, and incest.

It's temporarily blocked, but the fight is not over.

Link in bio to read my Substack.

@womensmarch ⁣
📷: @william.isc

#rallyforabortionjustice #womensmarch2021 #womensmarchhouston #womensmarch #marchand #abortion #bansoffourbodies #plannedparenthood #abortionfunds #roevwade #abortionishealthcare #texasdeservesbetter #sb8 #abortionrights #abortionban #abortionaccess #abortionisessential

Thank you for having me at the Houston Rally for A

Thank you for having me at the Houston Rally for Abortion Justice 💪🏾. ⁣
⁣
When I was 14 my family and I were in a car crash that forever changed our lives.

We were driving home from the Hindu temple when we were rear-ended and went spinning off the freeway, 40ft down an embankment.⁣
⁣
My mother broke her right arm, 5 ribs, and her sternum. Her heart was squeezed, she had a cardiac contusion. Paramedics had to use the jaws of life to get us out.

Soon after my mom learned she was pregnant. At that time not only could my parents not afford another child, but her body could not physically sustain another pregnancy. ⁣
⁣
My mother would be homebound for months without pay as would my stepdad.

It’s out of love for me that they made the difficult decision to do what was right for our family.

It’s out of love for my mother and all families that I stand here to fight today.⁣

Donate to TX abortion funds:
@lilithfund
@teafund
@fronterafundrgv
@thebridgecollective
@fundtexaschoice
@janesdueprocess
@wholewomans
@casnhtx
@westfundtx
@theafiyacenter

@womensmarch ⁣
#rallyforabortionjustice #womensmarch2021 #womensmarchhouston #womensmarch #marchand #abortion #bansoffourbodies #plannedparenthood #abortionfunds #roevwade #abortionishealthcare #texasdeservesbetter #sb8 #abortionrights #abortionban #abortionaccess #abortionisessential

When your friend wants to have a quiet moment toge

When your friend wants to have a quiet moment together but they’re across the country… @jessetyler 👩🏽👨🏼‍🦰🛁 #postwomensmarch

And I’m not talking about half heartedly posting

And I’m not talking about half heartedly posting on Instagram.

I mean solidarity.

Come to one of the 600 #rallyforabortionjustice marches across the country this Saturday, October 2nd.

In addition to:
• donating to TX abortion funds like:
@lilithfund
@teafund
@fronterafundrgv
@thebridgecollective
@fundtexaschoice
@janesdueprocess
@wholewomans
@casnhtx
@westfundtx
@theafiyacenter

• talking to your friends and family to
destigmatize abortion
• volunteering as a clinic escort
• petitioning against gerrymandering of voting districts in TX to vote Abbott out in 2022

We’re all in this together.

#marchand #abortion #showup #solidarity #bansoffourbodies #womensmarch2021 #oct2 #plannedparenthood #abortionfunds #prochoice #roevwade #abortionishealthcare #texasdeservesbetter #sb8 #abortionrights #abortionban #abortionaccess #abortionisessential

I’ve long admired @drewbarrymore and was so touc

I’ve long admired @drewbarrymore and was so touched to be invited on her show! We talked about parenting, endometriosis and the story behind ‘Tomatoes for Neela’ 🍅

You’d be hard pressed to find a lovelier, more genuine person in this town.

Link in bio to watch our chat 💖 @thedrewbarrymoreshow

#childrenslit #childrensliterature #childrensbooks #childrenbooksillustration #tomatoesforneela #representationmatters #cookingwithkids

So real 😂 #littlehands #parentingmemes #rice

So real 😂

#littlehands #parentingmemes #rice

Feeling like a muppet 😂 #throwback

Feeling like a muppet 😂 #throwback

I guess yesterday was national daughter day which

I guess yesterday was national daughter day which is perfect because I got to spend the day with mine 💘

I took #littlehands to @glblctzn live in Central Park! My first time and boy was it a great one.

They raised over US$1.1 billion to fight global poverty, are planting 157 million trees & delivering over 60 million COVID-19 vaccines to those most in need.

(And she got to meet her idol @billieeilish😭)

Thank so much to the organizers for including me!

@cop26uk #globalcitizenLIVE #cop26 #g20 #endglobalpoverty #vaccineequity #nationaldaughterday

Brb grabbing the last tomatoes of the season 🍅

Brb grabbing the last tomatoes of the season 🍅

If you want to try my tomato chutney with your fam grab my children’s book ‘Tomatoes for Neela’ in bio!

#tomatoesforneela

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