New Delhi, July 19 -- We started work on this week's cover with the simple idea of asking food specialists to name their favourite monsoon ingredient, use it in a recipe, and perhaps share a memory associated with it. But as with most Lounge stories, we discovered there's a lot more to monsoon greens. Behind the simplicity of the ingredients and recipes the writers, researchers and culinary experts shared lies a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of food habits and nature in India. News of the monsoon treats the annual weather system as an economic indicator, as a sign of prosperity to come, often overlooking its cultural connotations. During this season, an abundance of edible greens, veggies and fungi-thunder mushrooms and dra...