<p style="text-align: center"><font size="2">Welcome to my little kitchen - where little is the new big!</font></p>  <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">I love cooking.&#160;&#160; My favorite time of day is when we are home from school and work and there is a delicious meal about to be brought to the table.&#160; I love using whole, healthy ingredients and I have been a vegetarian for as long as I can remember.</font></p>  <p style="text-align: left"><font size="2">I have one major goal for 2010 - to learn how to cook every dish from my favorite Indian restaurant in Chicago, </font><a href="http://www.udupipalace.com/menu.htm"><font size="2">Udupi Palace</font></a><font size="2">.</font></p>  <p><font size="2">Are you trying to master a cuisine or cookbook?&#160; What culinary adventure would you like to embark on?</font></p>  <p style="text-align: center"><font size="2">***</font></p>  <p style="text-align: center"><strong><font size="2">***</font></strong></p>  <p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><img title="img_6136_thumb" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="img_6136_thumb" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_6136_thumb.jpg" width="467" border="0" /> </font></p>  <p align="center"><strong><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/2010/03/indian-princess/"><font size="2">Tofu Tikka Masala</font></a></strong><strong><font size="2"> with Vibrant Yellow Rice and Peas.</font></strong></p>  <p align="center"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_6307" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_6307" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_63071.jpg" width="467" border="0" /> </font></p>  <p align="center"><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/2010/06/indian-princess-smashed-eggplant-with-naan/"><strong><font size="2">Spicy Mashed Eggplant</font></strong></a></p>  <p style="text-align: center"><strong><font size="2">****</font></strong></p>  <p style="text-align: center"><strong><font size="2">****</font></strong></p>  <blockquote>   <p><strong><font size="2">FUN FACT: </font></strong></p>    <p><font size="2"><strong>Curry is not a spice. </strong>Many people believe curry is an Indian spice. That is a myth. There is a plant that grows wild in India that produces curry leaves, or, in Hindi, &quot;meetha neem&quot; or &quot;kadhi&quot; leaves. The leaves resemble miniature lemon leaves and are used to season certain—but not all—Indian dishes. Curry is any dish cooked with a blend of spices (masala) and with a sauce. A dish cooked with the same blend of spices without the sauce is not a curry. (From </font><a href="http://www.chutneyjoes.com/menu/"><font size="2">Chutney Joe’s</font></a><font size="2">).</font></p> </blockquote>  <p><strong>     <br /><font size="2"></font></strong></p>  <p><strong>     <br /><font size="2"></font></strong></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>