Hi! I’m Nadia! I am a girl in my twenties who loves food and cooking. Thankfully, I have someone to feed, my husband (aka the guinea pig). Otherwise, I would be the size of a house and then some!
Growing up, I was never a picky child as far as eating was concerned. In the eighties, when I was growing up, there was not the same emphasis on food in mainstream society. Nevertheless, as a six year old, I throughly enjoyed watching Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, and even Yan Can Cook on PBS.
To this day I am a lover of all things yum! My love for food has only grown along side with me. I want more people in my age group to embrace cooking and the joys of eating with others. It seems that for many people their twenties cooking is a last priority. I want to show people that it’s easy to cook and doesn’t take too much effort. Plus, final product is so rewarding.
I love observing people and their relationships with cooking and food and have learned all know merely by watching others and, of course reading. I do not discriminate against any region’s cuisine and at home try to maintain global aura in my kitchen. However, growing up in a Pakistani household, the cuisine of my ancestry always correlates to home and comfort. My approach to food is fresh and global. I hope you all enjoy this journey with me and hope you enjoy my posts and try out my recipes. I assure you they will be YUM!
Feel free to follow me on Twitter or “like” me on Facebook. I love making new friends.
Where you might have seen me:
The Wall Street Journal Asia Blog (Food & Drink)
Featured on Foodpress.com for my, Eggplant Dip with Pomegranate Molasses and Feta, Sweet Cinnamon and Almond Ricotta Fritters, Federal Hill Style Lobster Pasta, Red Quinoa with Rainbow Chard and Chickpeas
Featured Blogger on Foodpress
Editors’ Pick on Food 52 for Pakistani-style White Lentils with a Sizzling Oil Garnish
Editors’ Pick and Finalist for Shades of Green Chopped Salad
*Notes
The recipes will be mine, adapted, or inspired. If I am using someone else’s recipe, even if only for inspiration I will give the credit where it is due.
for the love of yum 
Could you post some mouth watering yet easy to make dessert recipes please please!
I will Nuzi! Any requestsssss?
cheesecake!!!!!!!!
husbo looooooves cheesecake!!
yes!!! He eats the whole cheesecake by himself!!!!!!
then he do chicken diet BAHAHA
Good luck:)
What is your heritage? My father is Jordanian!
I am from Pakistan, my sister’s fiance is Palestinian and much of his family is in Amman.
I am originally from RI, as well!
i love your pictures & recipes! though i live in a ‘hood full of mideast restaurants, i’ll have to try your recipes someday soon.
hey! discovered ur blog thru lawyer loves lunch and am so glad i did 🙂 loved reading some of your simple yet yummy recipes… and now i have one blog i can refer to for pakistani cuisine 🙂 i love the spicy, gutsy flavours of the north western frontier – kashmir, pakistan, afghanistan… but there are very few restaurants in india (surprisingly) that cater to this kind of food. i know the flavours are similar to north indian ones, but there are so many subtle differences! so do keep blogging on the amazing recipes u grew up with!
Hi, I just stumbled upon this site and find it delicious. I love the cuisine but had no idea how to cook it and now, here you are. Absolutely lovely pictures and great recipes. By the way, I am not one of the younger set but a woman who now has more time on her hands and find that cooking is a great creative outlet.
nice blog.
looking forward to try some recipes.
I’m happy to find your website and looking forward to trying your recipes. I really like the cheerful and interestring way that you write and your mission to get young people interested in cooking and eating *together*! Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for your sweet words, Parisa!
Hey! I just randomly found your blog, It is a yummy blog–love it
Have you made chicken biryani? or Buttered chicken? I’ve been looking for a really good recipe for those and have yet to find them! Was wondering if you’ve made it? I’m going to try your ground beef and potatoes as well as your seekh kabobs recipes! I’ve been looking for a good one for quite some time and yours sounds and looks really good!
Hi,
I am relatively new to cooking and your site is an inspiration and I look forward to trying your recipes.How are you liking Toronto
Shamaila
thanks for the kind words! toronto is a fun city – enjoying exploring it!
Surfing the waves of the web I am pleasantly stranded in your interesting blog.
I write under the pseudonym of Josè Pascal (a descendant of the great Colonel Aureliano Buendía).
I invite you to visit my “italianglish” writing blog http://parolesemplici.wordpress.com/mytinbox/.
I define this blog “In parole Semplici” as a “virtuacultural tin” box where they are guarded thoughts, memories, images, sounds, and simple stories”.
I dream an intercultural blog. Already involves more than 100 authors/friends.
If you want to participate and to have more informations send me a letter to inparolesemplici@gmail.com
Good life and I hope to soon
You’ve got a really great site here. I especially love your writings… it shows just how passionate you are about cooking and baking.
hi there – im a pakistani food blogger in London, following ur blog, great recipes, many remind me of mine from my life in pakistan – great work xx
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I have just found your blog
its amazing how you make food from all over the world
keep up the good work
Hello!
I just wanted to say that I have a huge passion for cooking too and being Pakistani I’ve tried just about everything but not our own kind of food! After looking at your blog I made your Aloo Keema and my dad (being a picky eater) absolutely loved it. =) I’m going to be trying a lot more recipes from now on. Keep posting recipes and doing what you do because it definitely inspires people like me and others!
Thanks for your lovely comment!
I love to cook too, but you are so creative 🙂 Great pictures and I love your casual writing style.
Bother to reply too!!! :p
I am so happy to have found this blog! I am also in my 20s, grew up in a Pakistani household, and have a husband to feed (also my willing guinea pig).. I love trying new things, especially global cuisine. I also related to your trip to Thailand.. my husband and I were there in March 2012 and absolutely fell in love with everything about it – especially the food! I can’t wait to try your thai prawns, among other things 🙂
What a lovely blog – and I don’t usually follow blogs! I found this one while looking for a new recipe for keema mattar.
Everyone loves ground/minced meat – it seems to feature as yummy comfort food in many parts of the world, from shepherd’s and cottage pie in Britain to keema mattar in Pakistan and India. The people of Sarawak do a wonderful mince and noodle dish.
Actually, everyone does wonderful dishes with mince.
Does anyone have a good recipe for potato chops? By that I mean fired balls of mashed potatoes that contain a lovely savoury minced meat mixture.
Woops – I ca’t see an edit feature. I meant fried, of course.
The best foodblog i have ever seen ! YUM
Hi Nadia, you have a superb blog. Happy to find a Pakistani food blog and hope to learn some Pakistani vegetarian food and desserts from your blog. Cheers Aiswarya 🙂