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How bread took the centre stage on India's dining table

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- At Mumbai's recently opened Franco-American restaurant SoBo 20, which specialises in Louisiana's Cajun and Creole cuisines, the guests particularly look forward to the warm sourdo... Read More


'Maach', 'mangsho' and 'mishti' on this tasting menu from Bengal

New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- On a research trip to Bolpur in West Bengal earlier in May, the Sienna Calcutta restaurant team stumbled upon kulthi/kulith (Macrotyloma uniflorum) or horsegram at the weekly ma... Read More


Book review: A picture book on heirloom rice and the people who grow it

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Ranikajal, jeeraphool, sonpiya, kanakchampa and kalamdaani. Imagine your kitchen cabinet, neatly stacked with jars labelled with rice names so lyrical that you could cook up a p... Read More


From 'mahua' to 'palash', chefs plate up the forest for fine dining menus

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Picture these dishes. A yakhni reimagined with kantola or teasel gourd. A sticky toffee pudding glazed with mahua jaggery caramel. A risotto cooked with foraged wild greens. It'... Read More