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A suitcase full of clouds | Stocking up on chubitchi brew and smoked pork in Iewduh, Shillong

A suitcase full of clouds | Stocking up on chubitchi brew and smoked pork in Iewduh, Shillong

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Perilla seeds, fermented bamboo shoot, soy beans, coffee grown in the Garo Hills, smoked fish, a beautiful book by Anurag Banerjee, and some cook books. My last stop before I fly back home from a holiday is always the fresh produce market. And when it is the incredible Iewduh in Shillong, Meghalaya — one of […]

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The original food influencers | Meet the keepers of heirloom recipes from India’s diverse culinary traditions

The original food influencers | Meet the keepers of heirloom recipes from India’s diverse culinary traditions

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(L to R) Meenakshi Meyyappan; Khan Rafiq Waza; Ummi Abdulla; Jane DSouza. At a time when the country’s contemporary foodscape is transforming rapidly — influenced by foreign cuisines and experiments, see-sawing between isms and social media fads — we remember the custodians who are the repositories of traditional food knowledge. The names of India’s many […]

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