New Delhi, April 10 -- Jesuit priests arrived in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal in the late 19th century. In the Sunderbans, they built schools and dispensaries, and carried out relief and missionar... Read More
New Delhi, April 4 -- In 2011, Spanish chef Ferran Adria came out with a book on staff meals titled The Family Meal. He drew inspiration from the home-style dishes cooked by his team at the three Mich... Read More
New Delhi, April 2 -- "Everyone knows of Kargil, and yet no one knows anything about Kargil," says food researcher Yash Saxena. This sentiment sets the tone for his book, Stories from a Kargili Kitche... Read More
New Delhi, March 29 -- In 2019, I had the chance to interview Heston Blumenthal for Lounge. The British chef, who owns the iconic three-Michelin starred restaurant The Fat Duck in the UK, had earned t... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- During Losar, or the Tibetan lunar new year in February, the Kinnaura tribe of Himachal Pradesh prepares tingmo, a fluffy steamed bread that is twisted to resemble a floral bun. ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- If there is one dish that unites the Hakka Chinese community across the world during the Lunar New Year (on 17 February this year), it is suan pan zi, or yam abacus beads. Shaped... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- It's not every day that you walk into a restaurant for a meal and find yourself analysing the artwork on the walls. "There are 12 hands. Can you see them?" says one of the staff m... Read More