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The trees towered above them. The canopy stood high above and dwarfed Poet and Flower. Flower was carefully carrying a a very full bucket of sap when plop, she tripped over her feet and fell into a sweet, sticky mountain of maple sap.

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8/31/22 8/31/22

Can We Really Go Home? - Ghee

Can we really go home? I visited my childhood home for the first time in years. Home, meaning the place where I grew up.

7/10/22 7/10/22

A Little Bit of Everything - Perfect Raita

Vacations. Expectations run high, and they hold so much promise. But sometimes, things don't go as planned. Sometimes things go very, very wrong.

3/22/21 3/22/21

Learning about Expectations - Masala Dosa

It had been some time since we had been out for dinner. Perhaps my expectations were too high. This dinner was before these times of social distancing, and before our favorite restaurants disappeared.

3/1/21 3/1/21

Things Do Not a Life Make - Idlis

Yesterday the postman delivered a package with two glasses and a seashell. My dad had carefully packed the box, and the delicate glasses had not broken. Every few weeks or so, he sends me small packages with things that used to be my Mother's.

11/6/20 11/6/20

Time for a Hot Drink - Masala Chai

As a kid, one of the highlights of visiting India was going shopping. My mother loved saris and jewelry. Her collection of saris was vast, silk saris, chiffon saris, with borders and without. She had an extensive collection.

9/27/20 9/27/20

New and Old Weekend Traditions - Coconut Chutney

Or chut-ah-nee as the kids call it. One of my earliest food memories is of chutney. Chutney is a spicy Indian condiment that you can eat with almost anything. My mom loved to make chutneys and she always had one at the dinner table.

Hi! I’m Sameena

Welcome! I'm Sameena. I'm a physician by day, mom on call round-the-clock and avid cook. Poet and Flower is an Indian food blog celebrating my passion for food and family. I learned to cook in my mother's kitchen. My kids, Poet and Flower, are both the inspiration for the blog and the main distraction which keeps me from it.