Mr. Bijoy Writes

A year or two ago, I wrote a post about my gym playlist. Needless to say, it's changed a fair bit. So, here's a rundown of my quick playlist, for shorter workouts.As a note, I often just hit random/shuffle and let this play out however the iPod lets it play out. "Hustle hard" - Maino "Hear of A Champion" - Nelly "Go Get It" - TI "Can't Kill Us" - The Glitch Mob "Iron Man" - Black Sabbath  "Gonna Fly Now" - Bill Conti "I Don't Dance" - DMX & Machine Gun Kelly  "Talk Shit, Get Shot" - Body Count "I Shouldn't Have Done It" - Slick Rick "Headsprung" - LL Cool J "Blood Pressure" - Cassidy "Set It Off" - Big Daddy Kane "It's The Pastor" - Pastor Troy "Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim What do y'all play in the gym?  Any suggestions? Anything get you crazy? Let me know!

As a lot of you may know, this past Sunday, July 20th, I asked my girlfriend, Sonja,  to marry me. Also, a lot of people have been asking how I did it. So this post is for those folks, haha. About 6 months ago, I decided that I wanted to propose to my girlfriend. But here's the thing, I have no idea how people go about doing that. I've heard a lot of stories, from the morning in bed, rollover and propose, to the Kauai beach proposal and almost every thing in between. So, I started with the one thing I assumed I could do right- The ring. But that part is going to stay out of this story, becasue it's super-boring. A few weeks ago, I gave Sonja's friend Taylor a call. I told her what was up and that I was going to pop the question. She shrieked. I temporarily lost hearing in my right ear. It was glorious. In a really, really weird way. Taylor and I then started planning what was about to go down. I had an idea: scavenger hunt. A scavenger hunt that was awesome! But I h...

Falafel started life in Egypt, around the time of the pharaohs (apparently). But enough of the boring stuff. Now found as a staple throughout the Middle East and India, falafel are a staple in many households and street vendors. My mom has a pretty good recipe, but she hasn't chosen to share it yet. I took some advice from some of my chef friends and worked together this recipe for the nights that I really just wanted some happy-food. Let me know what you think! If you need to tweak anything to make it work for you, do it! What ya need: 1 cup of dried chickpeas (15oz can of chickpeas are ok in a pinch) 5 medium cloves of garlic 1/2 cup of fresh cilantro, chopped  1/2 cup of fresh parsley, chopped 1 small onion 6 tablespoons of flour 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1 teaspoon of salt 2 teaspoons of cumin 1 teaspoon of coriander 1/2 teaspoon of ground red pepper (cayenne works too) 1-2 cups of frying oil, for frying (I like a vegetable blend for this, but some people like...

The model which I own Hello friends, Often, I get asked what's my favorite appliance in my kitchen. Now, I don't have the most illustrious kitchen setup and most people assume that I'll respond to the question with either my Vita-Mix or my girlfriend's KitchenAid Stand Mixer. However, that's not the case at all. I love my toaster oven. I think everyone should own one. There, I said it. Allow me to go a bit further here. A standard toaster toasts bread. It might handle a bagel, but not a thick, or topped, bagel. English muffins are sometimes too small for a standard toaster and one is forced to fish out the muffin, rather dangerously, with whatever is on hand at the time. To me, that's a lot of counter space for something with so few functions. In steps a toaster oven.  The biggest complaint I get about toaster ovens is that they just don't toast bread very well. In a lot of cases, that's true. You generally need to step up to a better toaster ...