suncoast farms had a stand at the santa barbara farmer’s market when we were there last, and I grabbed what they call christmas limas, which look like they’re individually hand painted in almost a cochineal tint....

with pictures, on her blog frimframsauce.com, after we return to the States in a few weeks. Our itinerary: Chennai Pondicherry Mahabalipuram Chidamburam, Gongakondacholapuram Kumbakonam Thanjavar Trichy Madurai Thekkady Munnar Cochin Allepey

By very long and ancient tradtion, sweet tamales are tinted red/pink – pre-conquest with cochineal. The color red was, apparently very significant to the Aztecs, and figured in to death imagery an death ceremonies. In...

pure vegetarian food (no cochineal coloring, e.g.) is kosher. vegan that is. not necessarily for passover though.

Hmmmm... Desi girl here! I love Kerala food too! Yummy fish curry in coconut sauce! Or avial... There used to be a pretty good Keralite restaurant on Route 27 in Franklin Park, NJ called Cochin Cove. I dont know if it changed...

entrepreneuial types presently are from the North. Cochin Cove on Rt 27 used to have South Indian buffet with a dosas and idlis. i think it has closed now. The dosas are the genuine home made type not the restaurant type crispy...

visit to cochin ... i’m appending a link to a brief history of the indian jews; check out too the fascinating origins of the syrian christians on the next page. Link: http://www.gotop10.com/KJ/khjews.html

We could go full on out and make sure that whatever we use for the pink coloring has cochineal in it. Maybe an old bottle of Campari...

To borrow a Britishism, my lunch today at Quilon was brilliant. Thanks to Howler for originally suggesting it. It’s definitely Taj Group in its style and execution, and reminded me of the great food at the Taj Malabar in...

of traditional food of the Cochin Jews. I don’t have contact info, unfortunately. I was staying in Rosh Pina, and I imagine if you ask around there, they could point you in the right direction. The “restaurant”...

, eat lunch at david ezekiels and finish up with dinner at the shahs? next time you’re in cochin, check out the paradesi synagogue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradesi_Synagogue if you havent already.

Interesting food detectives note: much of the red food out there is colored with cochineal, carmine, or carminic acid. These pigments are derived from an insect similar to a beetle. So while that red velvet cake may be tasty, it...

is added to help make the dough porous and any number of other items can also be added. I’ve seen (and helped make) tamales with pulverized chicharrones and raisins added (unbelievably good) and tamales to which crush...

at a corner formed by the street “de Poissy” and the street “Cochin”(very small street). Rue de Poissy is in the 5th and cross the “boulevard Saint Germain” at its beginning. Concerning the “rue...

If you can spare it, I would love the recipe you have. I remember these (and did not even have a name for them) but I bought them to nosh on my train trip from Cochin to Tellicherry. Yumm. I definitely got slightly obsessed with...