Three years of Mental Masala

I was looking through my Mental Masala archives the other day and realized that my blog's third birthday had just passed. What started as a way to help me understand some of the things I had seen on a trip to Asia became an engrossing — and sometimes addictive — hobby and an connection the fantastic community of food bloggers.

To celebrate the occasion, here are some of my favorite posts from the first three years of Mental Masala:

• The Indian Menu, or "Why does it seem that all Indian restaurants have the same menu?"
• Clafoutis, a showcase for summer fruit
• A bee swarm sets up a hive in my kitchen
• Waiter, you forgot the fly garnish for my soup!, or "Why are Europeans and American sickened by the thought of eating insects?"
• The Burrito Dissected, or "The urban survival log as history lesson"
• Whole Orange Cake
  
• Whole Lemon Lemonade
• Eating Local - Vegetables 'Transformed'
• Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
• The Unusual Greens series
  

Lately, this blog has been far quieter than I would like — life sometimes gets in the way of blogging. I hope to be posting more frequently as I enter the fourth year of blogging about food and whatever else catches my attention.

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Image credits: the spice-covered brain was created by me; the photo of the candle is from buggolo's flickr collection (subject to a Creative Commons License) and was cropped and (sloppily) added to the brain by me.