The instructions for cooking this pickle come from women who never knew recipes as we know them: detailed, involving descriptions, weights, measures and cooking times…
It was a conversation with a friend’s octogenarian mother — a conversation that wandered back and forth, expanded and contracted over a couple of visits..
Writing about food has led to many unusual, enriching conversations, valuable friendships that I would never have made in the normal course of my life,..
Kodavathis of a generation or two before mine would have been surprised —if not disbelieving and mildly indignant —to see their favourite coconut toffee listed..