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

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

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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Fatima da Silva Gracias, the historian with a chef’s palate

Fatima da Silva Gracias, the historian with a chef’s palate

Fatima da Silva Gracias is a historian with a doctorate in the domain of Indo-Portuguese history. But some of us know her as the author of the Cozinha de Goa books. “When I presented a paper called the ‘Trail of Aroma’ at an international seminar, many people suggested that I should write a book on […]

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