At home drawin' pictures....

Well, I made it. Its been almost one week since I have been here. My experience has been pretty good so far. Home life is quite interesting. We have a cook named Neela. She has been with the family for over 40 years and her cooking is truly heavenly. Pretty much anything once could want, she can make.
She's a very sweet old lady.

Of course Neela's specialty is Bengali dishes, which taste amazing! Breakfast usually consists of a puffed crepe called a "lucci" (as is Susan Lucci), an egg, daal, and a vegetable curry dish. I have really come to love this combo and am eating it pretty much every morning. Wash it all down with a cup of tea and this meal can take you through the day. However, I am finding the health factor of the food is not the greatest. The good taste comes with the price of heavy foods that are cooked the "ole school" way. As good as the food is, it ain't no weight watchers diet. Here is a pic of a typical dinner consisting of daal, chicken meatballs stuffed with raisins (chicken kofta), rice, and vegetable curry. Dang this stuff is goooodd...
Another Fulbrighter Erin Lentz and her husband Jason came over yesterday for lunch . We had a great time exchanging stories about Bengali life and getting used to the city and other stuff. It was good to finally meet some other people who are here on the Fulbright. That's my mother serving us tea.