Tea for two and a piece of cake: My review

This is a third book by author Preeti Shenoy, recently released on 14th feb 2012. I eye-catch this on  Preeti Shenoy's personal blog and place my order on Flipkart.com  immediately. After 3 days I grab this book and start reading.

About the book

Preeti Shenoy has this unusual style of writing, which is easy to understand and relate with a pinch of humor too. well this book is a life and love story of a girl who lives in Mumbai, whose marriage took flight like a fairy-tale and got a sudden drop like a bomb in her life, then after she manages to live all alone with her two kids. An old friend gave her a support in all possible ways and made her life a lot more interesting.

The story was nice but not new, I liked the beginning....The title of the story was justified too late in the chapters (but its doesn't matter if one is reading the whole book) The characters were finely crafted and of all, I liked Mrs.Billimoria's character most.... The story wasn't that appealing for me but i did like some phrases and lines...

Like:

'Here you have it, tea for two and a piece of cake, plus, of course, conversation. This small moments are what make life worthwhile'


'No women ever hated a man so much as to return his diamonds'


I also like the description of the city Pondicherry , which is beautifully narrated

In last this book was just ok for me in comparison to the earlier books of Preeti. But anyways I love to read her and looking forward for more in the future.

Inspired By You...

Yesterday was really hard day for me...got sick and spent whole day on bed,surprisingly my parents came over to see me.... after meeting them half of the sickness of mine gone away.At night me and hubby were invited for a casual dinner,by one of us friend couple Manu and Shivani.We got ready to leave,by the time we were reaching to their place me and hubby had a small chit-chat fight in a car and it didn't end properly after reaching to their place.

The moment we entered in their house we both forget our fight just by seeing their home....which was kept so nicely and decorated with cute-cute smalls things.I like these kind of houses which are clean and kept nicely(point to ponder here is:nicely kept houses reflects some good part of the person's heart).I was so happy and only one word came out of my mouth and that was "beautiful"...in reply they said,"we got inspired by you..the way you use to keep the house".(actually we use to live in same kind of houses before moving to the current one) It was glad to listen that!...but after touring the entire place only one thought came in my mind and that was, now I'm inspired by you guys.

During the snack session they served us some awesome Cold-coffee and great looking Garlic-breads which were luscious and self-cooked by Shivani. Here is a small glance of it(though some of them were already in our stomach)

Everything was good I had a great time and discovered some new traits of the Good-Looking Couple. Thanks a lot guys really appreciate your hard work over this supper.



After leaving their house happily we went in search of our old pal the Rocky(rocky was our street pet dog when we use to live there) we looked for him through out the campus but we didn't find him. He might be hiding somewhere,so we decided to meet him next time and in this way we ended our pending fight also and at the end of the day we slept in peace.

Past six months in Kharagpur : My story

1. The first week was a heartburn due to complete demotion in the standard of living of the city, after passing splendid year in Delhi it was a shock!
2. The food is one degree down the taste and quality (Dhabas on highway in north India are more tastier).
3. Most of the serving in one n only ccd (cafe coffee day) in IIT are made from milk powder...which taste almost like some medicated syrup. 
4. Shops here open at 10 in the morning and closed by 12 noon, re-opens at 5 in the evening and closed by 8 pm...still you can't track which shop open at what time and day.
5. IIT students fly over the roads on cycle all around the campus.
6. If you wish for the rain then you only have rain rain n rain.
7. Coconut water is the most nutritious thing happened to me here.
8. Made some new friends here but I still miss my Delhi buddies.
9. The only sweetest thing we(me n my hubby) have here is plenty of time for each other.
10. I'm moving towards the middle of Kharagpur chapter sometimes I like being here and sometimes I dream to be somewhere else.

Present...wait for it....ation !

Friday night was the party night,just another casual party...So I thought to make it interesting one.

A sms from my friend reached me in the afternoon saying,"are we partying tonight?"....after some minute I reverted it back saying,"Let me check with my husband, what he says".I tried to call him but the network problem which is bothering me from past 2-3 weeks didn't allow me to connect to him....whatever....So,I decided to call it the party day and messaged my friends to come-over for a blast and this is how it started.

5'O Clock in the evening I started thinking for the menu for the eve. I made a list in my mind and began with the main course, which was 'Malai Kofta'.....Ya I was cooking it for the first time, so bit excited for it.But there was something tastier in my mind and then I became functional for the starters.Hot summer season is in the town so the starter should be Chatpata and luscious.So here is the list...

Sevpuri
Chilly cheese Toast
Cheese Finger
Cheese Dip

Lolz it was the cheesy day!!!

Well in limited time these three were the good options to make.

Guest arrived on time and I wasn't ready with my starters...they were waiting for me and calling me to join them fast...I told them,"just wait for the surprise guys..there is something special" and the funny part was I didn't allow any of them to enter in the kitchen..in case they won't ruined my surprise and they were teasing me...Oh! God we were behaving like a kid...it was the real fun.

For the snacks...I was conscious about the presentation...Then I pulled out my beautiful glass tray from its cover and set it for the presentation...My guests were excited too and curious to know what is the special surprise....I kept them on wait for long...and then it's time.

I kept that piece of creativity on the table in front of them...and waited for the reaction....

My guest were very happy.....now tel what's your reaction... ;) :P

Fortune plays with you.

Three days back one of my cousin lost her husband who was seriously ill for long, the news was tragic for me and everybody in our family. They were married for 13 cheerful years and sudden lost changed everything in my sister’s life. The husband is only the world in every married woman’s life after her parents n kids, with whom she share her emotions, and every aspect of life…I can only imagine how my cousin is feeling but she is facing it. By nature she is a strong lady but this loss is beyond all the goods. In every silence while sitting at the corner of my bed the guilt is killing me… I feel so sad about her, unable to do anything for her…at least I can be with her. I know things will change by time but it is always easier to say this….I love her and praying for her and kid.

When there is a reason to cry God gives us a reason to smile also, after two days one of my cousin was blessed with a baby boy, God bless him n his parents, he’s such a cute baby

One needs a strong will to take over the charge of his/her own destiny. The person’s belief can change the lifeless rock in to the God and after practicing this very belief for the years, n then  time comes to change the destiny…..my destiny is in my hand and I can take it the way I want to. There can be a good number of gains in self-directed destiny, which also increase the confidence level simultaneously. But few losses can give a sudden fall. Then the question crop up…  do I really directing my destiny? Time will change and things will come in order again. This cycle goes on n on. What we learn in the conclusion that gain and loss are the two faces of a coin, sometimes we can predict which face will turn up before the coin hits the ground and sometime we can’t. The number of time it comes in your favor its your good luck and if it is not, its your destiny. This is how we live life, though there are no reasons to live but still there are many. One moment can change everything in your life and that’s the power of destiny, your fortune which plays with you.

Wing It

New year, very first month and also a new year of my life (my Birthday month!)....Time for a new beginning...though I'm bit late , half of the month is over now ....so what. never late to pep up your life....you can do it anywhere ,anytime because
there are less excuses to cry, more reasons to laugh.

So wing your heart and let it be free.....

Impress With The Correct Ratio:::

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Chemically if the ratio of any ingredient is correct, the outcome will be always outstanding. Pals think twice..the ratio!......yes the quotient of two numbers or quantities I'm talking about. To gain a culinary skills, it is important for one to know the rules of chemistry (remember your school time chemistry classes?, Okay for any reasons) No I'm not going to give lectures on chemistry here. Do me a favor just concentrate on the ratio.

Why I want you to focus on ratio here (I know written ratio for the fourth time now) because people always forget the ratio in any preparation which results in a total mess...agree with me! So keep in the mind ratio for fifth time now ;)

Do you like karan johar's "coffee with karan" show...well I like coffee but not the karan. I will tell you the finest way of making a "Creamy caffe latte" (you can say a caffè latte version) which would be far better than the coffee at karan's show (no hard feelings karan,later you can add this up to your show) Well if you order "latte" in Italy in any café...then they will serve you a glass of hot or cold milk. Yes in Italian "caffè latte" means coffee and milk.But the (commercial) caffè version of this drink is an American invention. A café in California is the birthplace of caffè latte. The Man was Lino Meiorin in the late 1950s created it. Lino was the first Italian-trained barista in the San Francisco Bay Area, and his Italian-style cappuccinos were apparently too strong for the customers. In response to his customers, he decided to add a larger, milker cappuccino to the menu, and he called this drink the "caffè latte".

So this was the story of origin of caffè latte. The above introduction is needed here because my coffee as I said earlier is a version of caffè latte :) though I haven't created it. It is surly a homemade-invention by someone I don't know but I have learnt this art of making coffee from my cute aunt(Thanks a lot Bua..I always admire you and your tips).But I named it "Creamy caffè latte"

Lets revel the secrete

How to make creamy caffè latte: Preparation time 5 minutes!

Ingredients:

Coffee (caffè)
Milk (latte)
Sugar

Method
The Ratio of above ingredient(coffee and sugar) to make a perfect Coffee.
1:3
1 spoonful of coffee : 3 spoonful of sugar

Beat the coffee and sugar by adding some drops of water...beat it beat it..after some 2-3 minutes the dark color of coffee changes to beautiful creamy brown. To check the consistency hold the spoonful of beaten coffee higher, if it is stick to the spoon then you have beaten it correctly. Now boil the milk and add one spoonful of beaten coffee to a coffee mug and pour the boiled milk in it (can add sugar as par the taste).Now stir it finely until the creamy coffee melts up throughly. Now you can see the light brown foam at the top of the mug. Your Creamy caffè latte is ready.

Do it with style
You can serve the coffee in different styles...like with milk cream, cocoa powder, coco chips, ice creams etc.

A cold coffee can also be made in a similar way just in place of boiled milk add chilled milk, some ice and blend it ;)

So in 5 minutes the creamy caffè latte is ready to serve.

Enjoy your coffee!

And please do give me the feedback after you tried it......!!!