New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- When I was a kid, the aroma of cashews sizzling in ghee were always a sign of something special. It could mean kesari, payasam, chakkara pongal or, on rare occasions, a savoury di... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- This seed ties together fabric, food and fine art. Flaxseed is one of the oldest cultivated crops in the world. Evidence of its use dates back over 6,000 years, with origins in... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- We Indians are blessed with an overwhelming array of spices and herbs filling our shelves, drawers, fridges and freezers. In this melee, if a spice from another part of the world... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- I took my first bite of a raw pecan and thought-this is exactly what you'd get if a cashew and a walnut had a baby. Pecans take the best from both: the sweet butteriness of a cas... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Recently, one of my tweets went unexpectedly viral. It was a rant about my coffee experiences in the US during a recent trip, and how it had been a money- and soul-depleting disap... Read More
New Delhi, July 19 -- People who eat drumstick in their sambar fall into two camps. The first kind loves eating them whole, soaking up all the tamarind and spices of the sambar. They suck out the sof... Read More
New Delhi, July 5 -- I landed from a cold and cosy Bengaluru straight into an East Coast heatwave in New York and Boston a couple of weeks ago. One thing that kept me going were my newly bought sneake... Read More