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Khopra Pak

Khopra Pak

A Coconut Sweet from My Nani’s Kitchen The coconuts for this sweet come from trees my mother planted in Bombay....
Nov 11, 2026
Gucchi Ramen

Gucchi Ramen

A Base Broth from Kashmir’s Wild Morel There is a small box of dried gucchi in my fridge. It came...
Nov 04, 2026
Schweinefleisch mit Backpflaumen — A Family Recipe from a Hamburg Kitchen

Schweinefleisch mit Backpflaumen — A Family Recipe from a Hamburg Kitchen

There is a generosity in cooking someone your family’s recipe when they visit from across the world. Not taking them...
Sep 24, 2026
Doon Chetin — The Kashmiri Walnut Chutney

Doon Chetin — The Kashmiri Walnut Chutney

There are discoveries and then there are recipes which live with you as an extension of a memory which once...
Aug 29, 2026
Kalu Uru-Mas — Sri Lankan Black Pork Curry from a Tea Estate in the Hills

Kalu Uru-Mas — Sri Lankan Black Pork Curry from a Tea Estate in the Hills

A traditional recipe from the kitchen of Thotalagala, complete with a cooking lesson, eaten with champagne and a view of...
Aug 19, 2026
The Monsoon Pakora Sandwich

The Monsoon Pakora Sandwich

Where childhood 4pm cravings, three kinds of pakoras and one very iconic Bombay sandwich finally meet.   It wasn’t too...
Jul 01, 2026
Lychee Chundo

Lychee Chundo

What happens when lychee season meets a Gujarati pickle tradition — you basically just recreated an upscale homely condiment for...
Jun 24, 2026
Bombay Monsoon Bhutta Chilli Cheese Toast

Bombay Monsoon Bhutta Chilli Cheese Toast

The recipe that happens when a Sunday grill meets a charcoal bhutta vendor on a rainy Bombay afternoon. This is,...
Jun 17, 2026
Bhel Goes to Finishing School

Bhel Goes to Finishing School

A spiced kurmura masala that upgrades your bhel, doubles as a chakhna, and makes a very strong case for itself...
Jun 04, 2026
The Dutch Oven and the Mango — Why the Vessel Is Never Just the Vessel

The Dutch Oven and the Mango — Why the Vessel Is Never Just the Vessel

A Tramontina collaboration — and an Alphonso cobbler that made me put the spoon down. The Vessel Changes Everything I...
Jun 01, 2026
The Cheese Sauce That Outlived the Restaurant

The Cheese Sauce That Outlived the Restaurant

A copycat recipe for New Yorkers Mumbai’s legendary nachos — and a small act of remembrance. There’s a particular kind...
May 16, 2026
Earn your bread

Earn your bread

I look back 5 months from today and wonder how I was –>this<– close to having rolled myself into USA....
Feb 16, 2026
Bittersweet Learning

Bittersweet Learning

I was recently engaged in a conversation with a colleague I reconnected with after 5 years. We caught up over...
Feb 13, 2026

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