CNN — Bordered by China, Afghanistan, Iran and India – and with a population of more than 200 million people – it’s no surprise that Pakistan is a country of geographical and linguistic diversity. However, there’s common ground to be found in Pakistan’s food. Pakistanis are passionate about their cuisine, which is full of flavor […]
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Jake Dryan has covered over 13 States as a part of his series | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement ‘I made Biryani’ reads the Instagram caption of a reel that showcases a chef slicing and browning onions, roasting masalas, and layering the vegetable mix with rice and saffron. While this might seem like just another reel […]
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Winding up through the hairpin bends, arriving at the luxurious Amaya, a hotel tucked away into the terraced mountain forests near Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh, I’m reminded of the wise words of my Nepali grandmother. She’d always reassure us on road trips in the mountains that “the more difficult the road, the more glorious the […]
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An array of Indian spices | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In Singapore, Devagi was tired of wine-tasting and appreciation workshops. In response, she came up with spice appreciation. While her father is from Tamil Nadu, her mother is Singapore-born; it resulted in Devagi’s palate being defined by the best of Tamil and Singaporean cuisine. But […]
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Zac O’Yeah looks back at his 25-odd years as a travel writer in his book ‘Digesting India’. | Photo Credit: Anjum Hasan Eating for a living is a serious danger,” says Zac O’Yeah, Bengaluru-based travel writer and novelist of Swedish origin. His latest book, Digesting India, is a testament to how lethal this exercise can be on […]
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A copy of the Michelin guide 1900 edition How do you recreate the taste of home? In Dubai, three young Indian chefs recently turned the spotlight on modern Indian food when they were awarded Michelin stars for their restaurants, Trèsind Studio and Avatāra. And while their luxurious multi-course menus wowed guests and judges with their creativity, the […]
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Seventy years before this May’s coronation weekend, when Elizabeth II was crowned queen in 1953, the British empire was still yet to be fully dismantled. Curry and curry powder, the result of a colonial, European gaze on Indian food remained in vogue, and cultural appropriation was not yet a term in circulation. For the late […]
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Celebrity chef and entrepreneur, Sanjeev Kapoor at Hotel Taj Malabar in Kochi | Photo Credit: Special arrangement “How did the kappa biriyani happen? Initially the biriyani from Iran had no rice in it and now the kappa biriyani has no rice too,” says Sanjeev Kapoor. The celebrity chef was shooting in Kochi for Taste India, […]
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Indian, or rather, India-inspired food is everywhere. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/ iStock “We’re taking you to an Indian restaurant!” As a frequent traveller to foreign shores, this is one sentence that is thrown at me with alarming alacrity and frequency. It is also the one that I dread hearing the most. I hear it […]
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The cookbook features dishes dating back centuries and also has an illustrated section where readers can document their own recipes The cookbook features dishes dating back centuries and also has an illustrated section where readers can document their own recipes Shruti Taneja has also designed ‘A Kitchen Of One’s Own’. When Shruti Taneja lost her […]
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