From Russia, with love
A focus on local luxury ingredients—from Siberian to those of the Steppes and the Far East—and an imaginative reworking of old pre-Soviet dishes via new techniques and global exchanges is...Read More
The Curious Case of the Empty Minibar
By Tanveer Kwatra Hotels proudly advertise a minibar across every booking platform. Then you walk into the room, open it.. and it’s an empty fridge. My first question is always:...Read More
In praise of lamprais
A young Lankan student offers us this quintessential taste of Lanka. Have you tried it yet? By Aarish Hirdaramani “A food to represent my country?” A new friend asked me...Read More
“I had always said I would only go to France when I found love…”
But then I did a solo culinary journey through Nice, Avignon, and Paris… By Bindu Panicker For years, France lived in my mind as the kind of place I would...Read More
Chef Sahil Mehta’s cafe reccos
A self-confessed coffee geek, he helps you choose the best beans and the best bars for all your coffee By Sahil Mehta Coffee has always been more than a beverage for...Read More
Weekend Birding in Bengaluru : A Short Ride to Stillness
By Milind Kelkar If you’re anything like me—overwhelmed by apocalyptic AI posts, drained from work travels, living out of suitcases, and numbed by the endless scroll of Insta reels—then a...Read More
Why Travel, At All?
From science fiction to Beat Gen writing to the absurdists… literature has championed travel for hope and connection, even when it is staying in the same place! By Ashwin Ahmad...Read More
Food is How India Speaks
Industrialist, patron of the arts and co-author of a unique book on restaurants, Sunil Kant Munjal on Punjabiyat, more than butter chicken in Ludhiana, Indian restaurants in Japan, evolution of...Read More
Cooking is a Pure Form of Art
Jayasri Burman and Paresh Maity, creative partners in life and icons of Indian art, experienced two distinct aspects of food while growing up. Their memories and experience of eating and...Read More
Food as art, beyond aesthetics
Three artists invite us to examine what lies beneath the act of eating. Across contemporary Indian art, food is being reimagined as a lens to examine life itself (even as...Read More
