

Welcoming the New Year with Kirtan
So much is happening! Ooh ooh ooh ooh! This is a reminder that Saturday, New Year's Eve 2016 is going out with a massive double header - Saturday, December 31st - Govinda's Catering will be a guest vendor at the Carrboro Farmers' Market, 9 am - 12 pm. We will be selling Black Eyed Pea Masala, Dirty Rice with Collards (feel that Southern vibe!), Spicy Corn bread Muffins, Banana Bread Muffins, Tamarind Chutney, Mexican Wedding Cookies, and slices of our famous pies - Chocolate


Beat the Drum of Gratitude
I finished the menu section of the newsletter this afternoon, yet wanted to wait on the blog part because I thought I might have some experience of value during the day that I would like to share. I was right. Today I was invited to a birthday party and "Gratitude Dinner" for one of my customers, Li-Lan Hsiang Weiss. Li-Lan is a fascinating, multifaceted person who happens to be married to another fascinating, amazing person, Alex Weiss. (photo differentdrum.us) Together they


Saving the Date and Setting the Intention
This is a Save the Date kind of email. There are many events coming up in the next few months that I would love to invite you all to. Some of them are music-related, while some are events that feature Govinda's, and some are both. All, I hope, will be fun for you. Please mark your calendars and let me know if you plan to come so that I can make sure to be on the look-out. I am pulling two events out of chronological order because, well, I would love for you to read about them


Reviewing My Fellows in Fine Dining
Good evening everyone! As I promised you last week, here are the reviews for two local Indian food establishments. My partner made a wise observation that perhaps it doesn't make so much sense for me to review my "competition," since I am not likely to be impartial. As usual his insight completely took me by surprise, but made perfect sense, once I thought about it. I had originally begun writing reviews, not as a means to slyly denigrate other chefs, but to give my readers a