indian food Archives

Wandering Lenasia with the Purple Pimpernel

2summers2026-05-27T07:20:07+00:00November 24, 2020|

Last Wednesday I headed down the M1 highway with my pink-haired friend Gail Wilson and my purple-clad friend Faarooq Gardee-Minty Mangera, a.k.a. the Purple Pimpernel. Our destination was Lenasia, a historically Indian township 30 [...]

The Lucky 5 Star Curry House

2summers2026-05-27T07:43:01+00:00June 6, 2011|

I still remember my first taste of Indian food — chicken tikka masala from the Bombay Peacock Grill in Columbia, Maryland, sometime in the late 1990s. It was love at first bite. Years later, [...]