The sweetest tastes of summer come to us under hot, open skies and enclosed corridors of whispering greenery. Aimless rambles turn into intense treasure hunts..

Just how two friendly guava trees came to be in my grandparents’ backyard in Coorg, I am not sure –they were a very long way..

Some food knowledge travels serenely, passing from generation to generation without any fuss. Everyone has the ingredients and instructions written down safely somewhere, or an..

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..

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..

There’s been a change in my kitchen lately. Every now and then, I find myself surrounded by heaps of rock salt, spices, jars and baranis..