New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- What does one write about a spice that sits quietly beside salt on every dining table? The salt and pepper shakers are such fixtures of the colonial dining setup that hardly any o... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- On festival days, my grandmother was always multi-tasking in the kitchen, cooking the day's meals while prepping ingredients for the festive goodies on the side. Those would be m... Read More
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