I’ve spent a good part of today getting ready for the little gathering I’m having for the Oscars tomorrow night.  Good stuff will be had and drunk by all, and I even managed to sneak some of both India and Brazil (more on that tomorrow) into my menu. Any chance to share these global delights with my friends. One bite making an appearance is the Indian sweet Kaju Kalti, the grace of the original name lost into translation and better known as Cashew Barfi.  It’s a very popular sweet, especially during Dawali in the more Northern parts (I know, I know. I’m totally blurring the regional lines I haphazardly drew at the start of the Indian adventures).

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