Retro Kitchen Chalk Board

Ran across this cute retro kitchen chalk board today...
























Unfortunately it's from the UK, so not that gettable in the US.

For those not deterred, it comes from Fun Gifts for Girls.

They also have coffee mugs and other kitschy stuff with retro prints.

Peggy

Bhel Puri

Recipe is very simple.

Ingredients:
Bombay bel mix (readily available in indian stores)
Chopped onions, cucumbers, tomatoes (1/2 cup each)
Coriander leaves to garnish
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Salt - as required

For sweet chutney:
Jaggery - 1/4 cup
Water - 2 tbsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp

For Hot chutney:
Green chillies -as per taste
Coriander - a handful
Salt - as required

Method:
To make sweet chutney, mix jaggery with very little water and boil(add jeera) in a pan for 5-6 minutes or till it becomes very thick. Cool.

To make hot chutney, grind together green chillies, coriander leaves, salt with very little water to make a thick paste.

Mixing everything together:

Mix chopped onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, coriander leaves, salt, lemon juice, both chutneys, bel mix.

The Birth of Rice A Roni

Nikki sat down next to this story at an NPR event where we played our Hidden Kitchen episode "The Birth of the Frito," about the origin of the iconic corn chip. At the dinner, Lois DeDemenico, 80, told Nikki that she had been part of the birth of Rice-A-Roni.

Lois began to tell a story about San Francisco in the 1940s and the convergence of a Canadian immigrant bride, an Italian-American pasta family, and a survivor of the Armenian genocide – all of which led to the creation of "The San Francisco Treat."

We followed Lois, a philanthropist and widow of Tom DeDomenico, one of the founders of Golden Grain Macaroni Co., to her home in Oakland, Calif., to chronicle this hidden kitchen.
Listen to the radio story and listen, read, and see more on our story page.