Here in Tamil Nadu, while the Tamil New Year is still months away in April, we celebrate a festival full of joy, renewal and…
As a child, I was fascinated by the gingerbread man. Who was this entity that was half-story and half-food? Christmas in Chennai was not…
We would clamber up the sitaphal tree, pluck one right off the branches, and in our greedy delight not even check whether the fruit…
When it comes to Indian street food, the first and last word is always “chaat”. Yes, the vendors of sundal and cotton candy on…
Standing at that quaint tea shop in Kolkata that early November morning, I realised that the city had been awake for hours. We were…
As I write this in the days after Diwali, the home and the kitchen table are empty. For a few days, the house was…
I want to begin with a word of thanks to all my readers around the world. Many of you have stayed with this blog…
Once upon a time, before I decided to turn completely vegetarian again, I used to enjoy the very occasional meat dish. And more often…
If you’ve been following my blog, you’d have noticed that despite my quintessentially Gujarati sweet tooth, my culinary adventures are often based on healthy…