Dehradun, March 21 -- Culinary Chronicles

"A twilight drenched in bliss" at Vivek & Seema Vaid's warm home in South Delhi. Chatted endlessly without realising what the arms of the clock were pointing at - quarter to one.

I was introduced to Tiger's cousin Vivek many years ago. A food critic, connoisseur and a well-connected man in the hospitality industry. For a selectively social person like me who has many acquaintances but few friends, it wasn't quick to make him a confidant.

Amiable and affable! Aunty, his mother-in-law, prepared the most delectable "Cheese Rolls" that I had been longing for since I saw them in Vivek's teaser posts on social media. A lava of cheese flowing out of a golden crust. I gulped in two with greed along wit...