Recipes are usually a reflection of the many influences we encounter in our lives. Some recipes are passed down for generations in our families and some are learnt from friends and others are adapted by trial and error from something we have eaten.

This might sound strange to you, but I did not have my first piece of cornbread until I was in my thirties. In India we make a flat bread with cornmeal, but not cornbread. When I moved to Singapore, I remember going to an American restaurant which served freshly baked warm cornbread on the house while we waited for our meal. It was outrageously good. I always ordered some extra and it became a happy discovery for me.