Re: [silk] Any interest in dinner in Mumbai on Tues?

2008-09-23 Thread Cory Doctorow
I'll book us a table for 8 people at 7PM! Sumant Srivathsan wrote: How about at Koyla in Colaba, on top of the Gulf Hotel on Arthur Bander road? That's pretty close to my hotel... Sounds good. A heads-up for those attending - Koyla does not serve alcohol. :) -- Sumant Srivathsan

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-23 Thread Amit Varma
Just heard from the Koyla -- they don't open for dinner until 8:30, so our table's booked for 8:30! Hope everyone gets this in time! I'll be there at 8.30! -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-23 Thread Sumant Srivathsan
Just heard from the Koyla -- they don't open for dinner until 8:30, so our table's booked for 8:30! Hope everyone gets this in time! Anyone for meeting up at Mondegear at 7, then moving to Koyla for dinner? I'm game. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-23 Thread Supriya Nair
Cory, how long are you in Mumbai for? On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Amit Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone for meeting up at Mondegear at 7, then moving to Koyla for dinner? . Sure. -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com -- roswitha.tumblr.com

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire (savita rao)

2008-09-23 Thread Anil Kumar
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:09:57 +0530, savita rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curry - A tale of cooks and conquerors by Lizzie Collinngham makes very interesting reading. She traces the history of some of India's iconic dishes (biryani, vindaloo, curry, korma) while also covering broader culinary

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread Gautam John
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM, savita rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While we're on food, I wonder if the foodies of this list (I guess that's about everyone) have any pointers to the history of Karnataka or even south indian cuisine in general? Achaya's works are a de facto reference. --

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-23 Thread Vinit B
Since I'm already on my way, I'm on for 7 (7:15ish) Where would Mondegear be? - Vinit (damn, we need a way to spread cell numbers without silk archiving them for public searches) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devdas Bhagat Sent:

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM, savita rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While we're on food, I wonder if the foodies of this list (I guess that's about everyone) have any pointers to the history of Karnataka or even south

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread Gautam John
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meenakshi Ammal's _Samaithu Par_ (aka 'Cook and See') is the Tamil Brahmin culinary bible. Haven't read that. Easily available? -- Please read our new blog at: http://blog.prathambooks.org

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:24 AM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meenakshi Ammal's _Samaithu Par_ (aka 'Cook and See') is the Tamil Brahmin culinary bible. Haven't read that. Easily available? The English translation is

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Most chennai bookstores stock it -- srs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent from my Nokia E71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Food and the Empire From: Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 23/09/2008 9:24 am On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meenakshi Ammal's

Re: [silk] RAND: 11 emerging challenges

2008-09-23 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And feed five thousand with five loaves and two fish, turning bayse metals into golde. If someone had told you in 1950 that by about 2000, teenagers

Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir

2008-09-23 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On the subject of Somalia... Transparancy International ranked Somalia at the bottom of its table of transparent countries (i.e., Somalis is the most corrupt): http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table It is ranked worse

Re: [silk] Blackberry in India

2008-09-23 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 12:16 +0530, Madhu Menon wrote: I, for one, am very happy that the Economic Times helpfully included a slide show showing the Blackberry from various angles. It provided much clarity on the matter. i found their definition of decompression even more enlightening than

Re: [silk] Blackberry in India

2008-09-23 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 12:16 +0530, Madhu Menon wrote: I, for one, am very happy that the Economic Times helpfully included a slide show showing the Blackberry from various angles. It provided much clarity on the matter. i found their definition

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Most chennai bookstores stock it -- Apart from the culinary info, Cook and See (at least, the older edition that I have) is also a lovely insight into the Tamizh society of just a few decades ago...a lifestyle where

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread .
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:24 AM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haven't read that. Easily available? The English translation is widely available (in 3 volumes) in Madras. I have seen it in the shelves of Landmark in

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM, . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: @Deepa : i bought it only to grace my bookshelf ... yep, i am yet to try out something from there :-) See Vid... thou wouldst have made a bad daughter in law. First you are supposed to pore over your cook and see, then over

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: See Vid... thou wouldst have made a bad daughter in law. First you are supposed to pore over your cook and see, then over[...] I knew there were numerous cultural differences I was unaware of, but I never even suspected that it was the habit in some

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread .
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: See Vid... thou wouldst have made a bad daughter in law. First you are not wouldst, will ditto ahh... my cue to cry into the pillow, silently of course !! supposed to

[silk] Food and Empire

2008-09-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
An updated, glossy version of Meenkashi Ammal's Cook and See, is avaiable. This new book has none of the quirks of the origial 3-part series. Besides Lizzie Cunningham's book there is a great little book called The Raj at the table,by David Burton, which has a bunch of Anglo-Indian

Re: [silk] Food and Empire

2008-09-23 Thread savita rao
Thanks, everyone. I wasn't planning on cooking at all :) This is research for (hopefully!) a culinary/food walk/trail/tour. I'm a long way from it,though. I need a lot of history, although the recipes will definitely help in seeing how things have evolved. (I need the south indian equivalent of

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Cory Doctorow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just heard from the Koyla -- they don't open for dinner until 8:30, so our table's booked for 8:30! Hope everyone gets this in time! So - how

Re: [silk] Blackberry in India

2008-09-23 Thread Gautam John
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Times-of-India-reports-alleged-BlackBerry-decryption--/news/111584 The critical sentence reads, The test is being conducted wholly for non-enterprise solutions. BlackBerry vendor Research in Motion (RIM) offers two different solutions – the unencrypted

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: See Vid... thou wouldst have made a bad daughter in law. First you are supposed to pore over your cook and see, then over[...] I knew there were numerous cultural