[Courtesy: https://vintagesareeblouse.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/radha3.jpg ] It’s early morning and already there are pleasant smells coming out of Nancy’s kitchen window. As a cube of butter melts in the glossy black pan, Nancy scoops out some crushed herbs from a glass jar and slips these into the melted butter. Just like this morning, Nancy wakes up each day, early in the morning, to prepare the family breakfast and to pack the lunch boxes for her school-going children. While her younger daughter loves to relish over toasted sandwiches and spiced potatoes, the elder one is crazy for the fudgy pastries and cakes. While her parents-in-law’s demands incline towards soft foods like idlis and dhoklas, on the other hand, a tray of biscuit-sized barbeque patties almost always fulfils her husband’s gastronomic goals. Nancy is a self-made chef. She works from home, occasionally selling packets...