Dark roasted curry powder, a fine attention to the balance of salty-sour-sweet, wholesome red rice and toasted curry leaves, plenty of coconut milk and chili heat. These are the flavors of Sri Lanka.
In Vegan Serendib, novelist and post-colonial academic Mary Anne Mohanraj introduces her mother’s cooking and her own American adaptations, providing an introduction to Sri Lankan American vegan cooking that is straightforward enough for a beginner, yet nuanced enough to capture the unique flavors of Sri Lankan cuisine.
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Tried a new pattern, a mini messenger bag. Quick, pretty straightforward. It’s just lined cotton, so not super-sturdy, but nice if you just want a little bag to throw a phone and keys in, maybe a slim book or notebook. I liked it well enough that I decided it was
Sewed some more of the lavender heart sachets. Cutting them out with pinking scissors means they won’t fray.
I think I want to try to write a little of the Patreon story every day for a week or so, just to make sure I like it enough that I think I can stay consistent with it. I’m not sure if I’ll end up switching POV more often going
I wanted a little more Valentine’s decor, so I sewed some little heart sachets filled with dried lavender. I figure I can bring them to the Galentine’s market next Sunday, and any that don’t sell, I’ll be happy to have around the house. Easy, quick!
The flowers I pressed in the microwave press last weekend didn’t dry quite enough, and I was worried about them starting to burn if I put them for longer, so I stuck them in a book to finish drying — pulled them out today, and that worked well! They’re ready
Mary Anne Mohanraj is author of A Feast of Serendib, Bodies in Motion, The Stars Change, and twelve other titles. Other recent publications include stories for George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards series, Perennial: A Garden Romance (Tincture), stories at Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, and Lightspeed, and an essay in Roxane Gay’s Unruly Bodies.
Mohanraj founded Hugo-nominated and World Fantasy Award-winning speculative literature magazine Strange Horizons, and serves as Executive Director of both DesiLit (desilit.org) and the Speculative Literature Foundation (speclit.org). She is Clinical Associate Professor of fiction and literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago. www.maryannemohanraj.com
