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I love Indian food, and my favourite dish is dal rice.

I am not a stickler for Indian food, but by the third day or so I start looking for something familiar to eat. I have travelled a lot, and I always try out local food.

The knish is a classic example of peasant food evolving into comfort food and even sophisticated fare.

One Indian-inspired favourite of mine is mashed potato mixed with lemon juice, breadcrumbs, coriander and chilli, shaped into patties, fried and served with chutney and yoghurt.

I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.

In terms of my Indianness, I try not to rely on it nor deny it. When it comes up organically in my writing, we can address it. About five years ago, we wrote this episode of 'The Office,' called 'Diwali,' which seemed like an organic way of using it.

If you have some potatoes, green beans and cauliflower, you have a heck of a dish that can feed an entire family.

I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things.

You just feel a little odd when you don't get your kind of food. Fortunately, there are Indian restaurants all over the world.

Rice and vermicelli is a common combination in Arab and Turkish cooking - it has a lighter texture than rice on its own.