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January 1, 2019

The Making of an Icon

Part of the story of how Karavalli went from being something of an anomaly when it opened in 1990, to becoming the most famous restaurant..

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December 30, 2018

A Taste of One’s Own

Every day of my life, I am conscious of taste. Each meal, each dish is thoroughly considered for taste —or the lack of it, sometimes..

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December 15, 2018

In the Spotlight: Artisanal Champagne

Early summer in New York is a good time to be a visitor in the city—the crowds are thin, evenings long and every restaurant is..

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November 25, 2018

Spirit of Place – Pandi Curry

When the first few stalks of paddy —still edged with green and pulsing with new life —have been ritually harvested, tied around a stone pillar..

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October 18, 2018

Brushstrokes of Spice

Payasa —with several variations on the theme —never seemed the most exciting or attractive of sweet dishes with which to end a meal or a..

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September 23, 2018

Free Flowing Waters

  A cascade of slender, pink-tinged freshwater fish landed on my kitchen table in the early summer months of this year. The pile of tiny,..

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August 21, 2018

The Classics Revisited

The Oberoi Hotels, never renowned for memorable Indian cuisine, have surprised and delighted diners in search of exclusive gastronomic experiences by presenting a trio of..

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July 20, 2018

Hobbies

On a coffee plantation, a planter’s wife wrote in the late 19th century, life could be “more than a little dull”, especially if one had..

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June 16, 2018

When the Mulberry is King

When someone you know, who is eighty years old-or thereabouts -remembers their grandmother making the most perfect mulberry jam, in Madikeri, it’s a good guess..

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May 19, 2018

Flowers and Fruit

  The scent of a bowl of ripening passion-fruit, purple skinned, or sometimes a deep orange-gold, is intoxicating -deep and sweet, pouring into the air..

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May 10, 2018

Strawberries in the Hills

Dotted across silent, grassy meadows in the northern valleys of Sikkim and the steep, cloud-covered slopes in Bhutan you find hundreds of tiny, intensely sweet..

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April 28, 2018

Country Soup

“On Sunday evenings a great deal of noise and tumult prevailed in the back region as a result of arrack drinking, and the shrieks and..

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March 28, 2018

Jug Soup

We make a simmered broth that is a staple of the Coorg kitchen known simply by the quaint name of ‘Jug Soup’. For a long..

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February 24, 2018

The Comfort of a Chutney

Generally speaking, a cooked chutney is far less complicated and time consuming to make than most traditional Indian pickles. Although Jane Grigson does mention that..

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February 21, 2018

Luxury Dining with Chef Mir Zafar Ali at Le Cirque Signature The Leela Palace, Bengaluru

A luxury dining experience crafted by a renowned chef can prompt us to take a plane ride to a restaurant halfway across the globe. Sometimes..

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