While my assistant, Little Miss Muffet, is helping me restructure ThePatientPath, she needs to keep up her strength. For this she frequently turns to curds and whey,* although my preference is plain vanilla yogurt. (I say this with apologies to the plant—and to the Aztecs—for using the word “plain” to describe vanilla: it does, after all, come from orchids, so in my book vanilla is exotic, luscious, and beautiful.)

Read more about the health benefits of yogurt, also called “curd” in India,* in this article mentioned on Facebook by Peri’s Spice Ladle: “Curd Benefits: Top Summer Diet Food.”

And do check Peri’s food blog, Peri’s Spice Ladle – Indian-Inspired Food for the Global Palate, for wonderful Indian and Parsi recipes. (I can’t let my Parsi husband see her site or he’ll never let me out of the kitchen.)

*“Curd” also describes cottage cheese, and is more akin to what Little Miss M. likes to eat—even when it’s runny with whey.