Author: Kaveri Ponnapa

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November 23, 2015

Harvests to Share

This year, I’ve been collecting images of putharis long past from some of my friends, trying to capture the essence of this festival that touches..

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October 21, 2015

Fish Fry Nights

Some evenings, everything comes tumbling together in a way that is so perfect you couldn’t replicate it if you planned for months. Cool, crisp weather,..

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October 20, 2015

FRAGMENTS OF A DAY

“Where is beauty to be found?… in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single..

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September 22, 2015

Merchants of Taste

“We help people learn about wine. We offer a basic education on what a customer is drinking, how to choose and appreciate wines.” With 16..

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September 18, 2015

A Little More Than Just A Table

A friend recently asked me why ‘The Coorg Table®’? Why had I chosen the name for my blog, she asked, when there was so much..

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September 14, 2015

SCATTERED LEAVES

“The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies” Image Credits: Nithin Sagi

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August 22, 2015

Plantation Style Ice Cream

“I always knew when we were going to have ice-cream because my mother would send the bearer down to the ice supplier, and he would..

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August 5, 2015

Sometimes You Get The Blues

If Coorg were a season, she would be the monsoon. The land sparkles and welcomes –for most of the year –but when the rains come..

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July 19, 2015

Mango Pickle and Fine Rice

Locked away in my head are not quite faded images of roaming a mango orchard under the cool, deep shade of a spreading canopy, the..

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July 18, 2015

THE USEFULNESS OF LILLIES

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.”—John Ruskin Image Credits: Nithin Sagi

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July 18, 2015

Crescent City Flavours

It takes New Orleans to show you just how fashionable ‘old-fashioned’ can be. Meeting with chefs, longtime cooks, legendary restaurateurs, service staff and purveyors, you..

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July 16, 2015

Cakebread Cellars: The Making of a Modern Napa Classic

Napa is seeing exciting times at the moment There’s a great mix of mature, 15-25 year old vineyards; a number of experienced winemakers; older wines..

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July 3, 2015

A Table of Missed Opportunities

The hungry traveller is a familiar sight in Coorg since the little district opened up to tourism, especially over the weekends. Chances are you will..

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June 21, 2015

A House Filled With Stories

My grandparents lived on a coffee estate that was situated in the middle of nowhere. Long stretches of very straight, un-tarred roads connected them to..

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