Samosa Chaat with Fruit

We take samosas everywhere we go. In June 2019, my daughter Elissa invited the whole family to celebrate a big day in New York. She was opening a fashion store in the West Village. We would be flying from California to be there. As we were preparing for the trip, I texted Elissa to ask her if I could bring along 60 samosas, a popular and delicious Indian appetizer, for her event. She declined, firmly lecturing me: “Mom, you are traveling 2,500 miles on a plane. You cannot b