Notices by Sean and Ruchika (bunvoyage17@mastodon.social), page 3

Cozy Christmas Day! 🤗

Tried making the handvoo in the airfryer this time and it turned out great! Compete with pour over coffee and some good books.

#Christmas #MerryChristmas #Books #Coffee #Cozy #ChristmasDay #IndianFood #FoodPorn #IndianSnack #Gujarat

@seanbala @bookstodon After going to Lyrical Ballad Bookstore, we went to Uncommon Grounds, a local coffee shop that makes its own bagels and roasts its own coffee. We got one of the best mochas we've had in a long time and a bagel with some schmear. Worth checking out if you ever visit!

@seanbala read a book while @dohappybelove did some painting. A good afternoon that we needed at that moment.

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In November while in upstate New York, we took a small afternoon trip to Saratoga Springs, a small, relatively affluent college town near where @seanbala grew up. We made two stops. One was Lyrical Ballad Bookstore. It was an amazing warren of shelves and lots of old books, maps, newspapers, and pictures. Funny thing is that even though he grew up here, this was Sean's first time going!

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We were feeling a low bit cooped up at home so decided to go to a new Board Game meetup in our neighborhood we hadn't attended before. Played "Oriflamme Ablaze" and had a blast. It was so nice to meet people and our mood was instantly lifted! Reflecting later, we realized last night from this experience just how important it can be to get out and meet people, and how we can all come together to build communities.

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Spicy hot cocoa, americano with half n half and ‘The Burdick’ pastry from L.A.Burdick in Chicago on a cold day!
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Treating oneself to a little bit of heaven (pure dark chocolate) keeps the soul warm in cold weather

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A very improvised dinner tonight with what was on hand. A bowl with:

- Pearl barley
- A mixture of acorn squash, sweet potato, beetroot, spring onion, and garlic with some cumin, chili flakes, and turmeric
- Falafels made in an appam pan
- A smidge of feta.

We are tentatively calling it "Autumn Half-Moon Buddha Bowl" (vegan without the feta) 🤗

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Some nice mulled cider for a cold day 🤗

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And here is what it looked like when it came out of the oven! 🤗

We actually had this dish at Sodabottleopenerwalla, one of our favorite restaurants in Delhi. We made a post about it on our last trip: https://mastodon.social/@bunvoyage17/111075541480655279

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And for the rest of Thanksgiving, we made two dishes. The first is an old favorite of ours - our own variation on Irani Vegetarian Berry Pulao. It is mostly a recipe from Madhur Jaffrey's "Vegetarian India" with some root vegetables added. We did this last year and it was mind-blowingly good!

You can find the recipe here: https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/berry-pilaf-berry-pulav/

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And for our second dish, we made Rastafarian Ital Vegetarian Stew. @seanbala found this recipe on BBC Travel and it is from Maya Feller's "Eating Our Roots." It looked like a beautiful and brilliant combination of vegetables and flavors with coconut milk.

It was STUNNING and we highly recommend it!

Yay to Vegetarian Thanksgiving!

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https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230901-maya-fellers-rastafarian-ital-stew

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Our first recipe of the day - Sean’s version of Handvo recipe! It is very healthy and made of 4 different type of lentils and rice with seasoning! I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS!
Paired with my version of Green Coriamder Chutney!!

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🍽 ❤️

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One of the reasons we love living in a cosmopolitan and diverse city is that you get to enjoy so many different cuisines and culture. Today we embarked on an adventure to try this local Turkish restaurant in Chicago and we really loved the food, service and the atmosphere!! This Ezme vegetable dip was hot but we could handle 😛😋

#chicago #food #turkish #city #couple #couplethings #foodporn #urbanexplorer #brunch #breakfast #kyrgyzstan #saturday #vegetarian

For @mitch_deadberg - we wanted to show you how we make South Indian Filter Coffee! This coffee (a 80:20 mixture of coffee / chicory) is made with a metal filter. This filter makes enough for about 2 times but can be found in bigger sizes. You put about 2-4 tbsp of coffee depending on how strong you want it. You place the metal plunger on top, pour the water and then let the decoction brew. It usually takes about a half hour.

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Looking for advice from people who use both #Mastodon and #Pixelfed - how do you use the two? Are they completely separate for you? Or do you use one to promote the other? Do you post one type of content on each? We can see the strengths and weakness of both platforms and have been kind of puzzled about how we want them each to be. Any thoughts / advice / best practices from the wider #Fediverse would be really appreciated! Thanks!

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