Autumn is upon us

The weekend suddenly turned cold with the temperature dropping almost 25 degress from Friday to Saturday. Quite a turn in the weather. And the weatherman promises El Nino to hit our neck of the woods almost guaranteeing a wet winter. Had a friend and his wife over for lunch on Saturday. W takes great pains to entertain my friends and I am grateful for that. She cooked chiken biryani and a vegetable. I bought some Nan from an Indian fast food joint. And for dessert she made my favorite caramel custard pies. I absolutely love it. My friend and his wife were Germans and we were fearful of how they would cope with spicy Indian food. But as it turned out, they have gotten used to spicy food over the years. Actually W can't handle spicy food, so she is quite frugal with it when she cooks. Food at home is probably the lamest when it comes to spice compared to traditional Indian fare.