From the mouths of "babes"

So one evening after dinner, my husband, Nalin, and eldest son, Ettu, went out for a ride while I put our youngest to bed. I had made a "one-pot" meal of lamb, lentils, and mustard greens with rice on the side, and Nalin, who adored the meal, asked Ettu if he liked the meal mommy had prepared for everyone. Ettu simply said that yes, he liked the meal, but "mommy isn't such an Indian cook." To which Nalin then asked what kind of cook he thought I was. "An English cook, papa." "What does an English cook make?" Nalin then asked. "Oh, ham, twist, and things." So, it strikes me that Ettu has coined an appropriate name for this blog on cooking and "things." Ham and twist. For all the twists and turns our lives as parents and cooks may take. Salut.