About MariasMenu and Maria…

About MariasMenu

Thanks for dropping by… I’m very happy that you’ve taken time to visit MariasMenu and go through the recipes. MariasMenu is about sharing healthy recipes, tips, tricks and techniques that work for every day cooking and for easy entertaining. It’s also about beautiful food photography that inspires you to get into the kitchen and cook, whether for yourself or for your family and friends!

About Maria

I’m Maria. I’m from God’s own country (Kerala, South India). I now live in Bahrain with my husband, Jose. You can read more about me here and here.

Like many others, I discovered my love for cooking after marriage. I love cooking mainly because it gives you almost instant results. Unlike any other job, you don’t have to wait for the semi-annual or annual review to know how you performed. Also, I like experimenting something new every now and then and what a better way than trying out new recipes. I should warn you that not all experiments turn out successful, but then how can you enjoy good food without tasting some bad ones, right!?? Hey you don’t worry, I’ve posted only the successful recipes here :). They’re all tried, tasted and tested. You can trust them.

About the Recipes

These recipes are mostly from my family’s and friend’s collections. Some have been creatively adapted from some cookery books & TV shows or inspired by other chefs (I always give credit where it’s due, you know, it’s a karma thing). All these recipes are tested in my kitchen before posting here and I try my best to give the correct measurements. However, please adjust the measurements to suit your taste. Being a Keralite, the majority of these recipes are Kerala (South Indian). But I’m still open to all kinds of cooking experiments! I try my best to post at least one recipe every two weeks, but sometimes I’m just too lazy to cook :)

Do you have a disclaimer?

Yes. The intention of this site is to share the good recipes that I have come across so that you also can try it & enjoy. So please go ahead… try these recipes & feel free to tell me your comments, suggestions, ideas. And yes, you are always welcome to share your favourite recipes with me so that it will be useful for others. In a nutshell, please try all these recipes at your own risk!!!

Do you take orders, classes?

Actually, in June 2011 (on MariasMenu 5th anniversary), I started a small venture – Bakes.CC – a CupCakery and along with that, baking classes. If you live in Bahrain and you’re interested in learning the basics of baking, drop me an email. I’ll be happy to help you out and get you started!

Photography, Content and Copyright

All of the photographs are taken by me (can’t believe it?). Most of the shots are done in our home. I humbly ask that you please give credit where credit is due and link back to the post from where the photo was taken from. We maintain the right to withdraw permission and request that our photo be removed from another site for any reason. Just follow the Golden Rule. Please don’t steal the photos. We won’t complain – but it’s bad karma! Giving credit won’t hurt :)

Marketing and Advertising

We are currently part of affiliate marketing programs from Amazon because we love shopping there. We also place family friendly ads on MariasMenu, just to cover our expenses. If you are an advertiser interested in placing an ad on this site, please contact us.

One more thing…

I hope you find the recipes useful, interesting and above all tasty. I’d love to hear from you, so please pour in your comments / suggestions / feedback / tips… anything is welcome :) And please don’t forget to subscribe to this site (hint: see the orange bar below). You can also follow me @MariasMenu on Twitter.

MariasMenu is a popular food blog written by Maria Jose with its no nonsense simple, tasty and delicious recipes – all tried and tested by readers, family and friends alike. Read more about Maria and her venture.