I have been very fortunate to receive a couple of very favourable review recently by people who attended a divan here. The first was from Valerie Howes for Readers Digest online:  http://www2.readersdigest.ca/food/blog/2012/01/01/masala-chai/ and the other from Courtney Sunday who writes an online food blog for www.d1sh.com:   http://www.d1sh.com/2012/01/the-divine-divan/.

Some things seem not to have progressed - my taking photos of the dishes that I prepare for the divans, must admit that I get a little involved with the event itself and forget. And then if one of the participants does take photos I boldly ask for copies which so far have worked well. And as you will no doubt agree, the photos in both articles do show the dishes to advantage!

A break from regular scheduled divans also gave me a chance to come up with a few new or reworked dishes which I am delighted to say, have been well received. One in particular, the paneer kathi kebab has been quite a hit. Trying the recipe out on my boys before offering it at a divan seems to be a good idea! What has been asked for less than before are cooking lessons; I guess most of us are quite pressed for time and weekends do tend to be for family, and cooking a full day during the week doesn't fit into most people's work schedules. Any recommendations in this regard, I would grateful. Looking forward to the class and dinner on the 25th though. Am going to try to schedule one day a month with a class which might trigger the request for classes.