Mira Nair writes in the New York Times Magazine <\/EM>about the chaat-fueled filming<\/A> of Hysterical Blindness. <\/EM>We apparently share a favorite snack, kachoris<\/A> from Jersey City’s Little India:<\/P>\n Mira Nair writes in the New York Times Magazine about the chaat-fueled filming of Hysterical Blindness. We apparently share a favorite snack, kachoris from Jersey City’s Little India: As others tucked into Krispy Kremes, I’d pop the just-made almond kachori … Continue reading As others tucked into Krispy Kremes, I’d pop the just-made almond kachori in my mouth, no cutlery needed, licking the sour-sweet taste of tamarind chutney off my fingers… Uma [Thurman] would sidle over to me in her ripped Joan Jett T-shirt and blue eye shadow to ask, “Is it samosa time yet?”… I would pop kachoris directly into Juliette Lewis’s rosebud mouth so not to disturb her lipstick. The gaffers and grips would holler across to me, “Did my Indian balls come in?” Soon the little box of snacks from Rajbhog grew into a stack, and kachoris conquered Krispy Kremes.<\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"