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Ron Zacapa XO: The Sip India Never Had

What makes the Zacapa XO genuinely different, you need to understand the Solera system and the best way I can explain it is through food.

The Duchessa: On Gritti’s Olfactory Extravaganza which Spins Two-ways

There are fragrances you fall into immediately and ones that make you think, the Duchessa I'm still figuring out but on first instance it’s a keeper.

Matla Chicken

In places like Saurashtra, especially around Gir, pastoral and hunting communities have historically cooked meat like this.

Pork Adobo

This one’s proper lola style (that’s Filipino for grandmother) — while a Lola would not measure, we did… for you!

Arriving at the Datejust

Not every @rolex needs to make an immediate impression. Understatement has always been the point. The Wimbledon Dial, featuring slate grey and green Roman numerals, deviates slightly from the typical...

Cavity, New Delhi

At Cavity, the new nine-seat counter tucked beneath @barbetandpals in Delhi, it’s not supremely cookie cutter but an interesting idea which unravels into a 2.5 hour nine-course cocktail and dine...

Palm Jaggery

On a recent camping trip to @twobrothersorganicfarmsindia, I found myself standing beside a slow wood fire, watching Neera —fresh date palm sap — reduce for hours into something far more...

Rameshwaram Cafe Mumbai

Bengaluru’s most recognisable breakfast format arriving in South Bombay, recalibrated for a new post-code reminds us that this particular cuisine will never go out of style, nor would it require...

Butter Bell Jars

Butter bell jars — also called French butter keepers — date back to 19th-century rural France, long before refrigeration was common in homes.

Meghalaya with Niyati Rao

An underrated, and might I add severely unexplored part of India with many assumptions to its culture, food and people. This slow paced trip revealed so much more than I...

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