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Meenakshi Meyyappan is proving the essence of Chettinad cuisine lies in its simplicity

Meenakshi Meyyappan is proving the essence of Chettinad cuisine lies in its simplicity

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Meenakshi Meyyappan has co-authored the cookbook ‘The Bangala Table’, featuring vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes from Chettinad. Karuppaiya, a seasoned chef who was with Meenakshi Meyyappan’s luxury property The Bangala for 58 years, has now retired. But whenever he visits them from his village, 15 kilometres from Karaikudi, he makes the dangar, a thick curry with […]

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The young food ambassadors of the Northeast

The young food ambassadors of the Northeast

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Nicholas Chyrmang (left) with Tim Curtis, Director and UNESCO representative, UNESCO New Delhi regional office. Every tribe and family in India’s Northeast makes food that’s ever so slightly different from each other. So, recipes are not really a tradition here, and every elder in the family can be called a food custodian. But now with […]

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