Last year ended and the new one began with indulgences –and there were far too many of them –Austrian smoked ham; prawns big enough to..

Year after year, the beauty of puthari just takes my breath away. The nights are cold and clear and from the hilltops, the stars shine..

We love our feasts in Coorg. At weddings, festivals and family gatherings, not to mention innumerable other occasions when generous feasts are cooked up at..

Ranee Vijaya Kuttaiah’s table, where I have dined many times, overflows with delicious food, fascinating anecdotes and memorable conversations, fuelled by an extraordinary life lived..

Travelling on a bus on the Algarve coast between Albufeira and Faro in Portugal, I once heard a romantic legend as we drove past groves..

The last few weeks have been packed. Transatlantic flights, eating at legendary restaurants, meetings with famous chefs, food so good it was art, and wines..

If I began this post by writing: “take 4-5 dozen ripe bananas and mash them” (which is how my mother-in law’s recipe begins), you would..