From market visits and pop-up dinners to street-food walks and hands-on workshops, the Local Food Club curates events and experiences that celebrate the depth and diversity of Indian food.
The Cost of Food: How The Climate Crisis Impacts Farming Labour
Exploring how the climate crisis, particularly the El Niño effect, is impacting the people who sustain food systems.
Stable Income, Drinking Water, Rest: Why Gig Workers Unionise
Delivery workers across multiple quick-commerce platforms assert that urban regions can no longer do without doorstep delivery. In such a context, why does gig work remain undignified? We’re bringing together three speakers—who have been closely working, organising, and advocating for the rights of gig workers—to highlight ground realities of this economy and discuss the demands of the many workers employed under this system.
Finding Northeast India in Bengaluru: A Food Walk and Dinner in Kalyan Nagar
Sociologist Prithiraj Borah’s guided walk in Kalyan Nagar involved sampling an array of indigenous Northeastern dishes in the neighbourhood, understanding their local contexts, and how such food can often run the risk of homogenisation.
Beyond Basmati: Making Native Rices Part of Your Everyday Kitchen
Once home to nearly 1,00,000 indigenous varieties of rice, just a fraction dominate markets in India today. This online discussion explored the reasons behind their decline, unpacking how the pricing of commercial varieties does not account for social and environmental externalities tied to them, and offered practical ways to make native rice more accessible.
Reading Between the Words: Demystifying Food Labels, Claims, and Jargon
“Organic.” “Natural.” “Chemical-free.” “Sustainable.”
We see these words everywhere—on food packets, menus, and Instagram captions. While they are meant to signal trust, care, and ethics, what do they actually mean? And who gets left out of the story when we rely on labels alone?
Bazaar Walk and Brunch with Chef Sohini Banerjee
Join British Bengali chef and writer Sohini Banerjee for an intimate morning walk through Jadubabur Bazaar, one of South Kolkata’s most storied neighbourhood markets.
Strolling through Shaheen Bagh: A Street Food Walk in Delhi
Led by Sadaf Hussain, the walk traced how people who found refuge in Shaheen Bagh carried their food traditions with them and stitched together a new culinary landscape.
Eating Beyond Vada Pav in Dadar: A Street Food Walk in Mumbai
Led by Neil Khopkar, the walk explored the layered social and cultural history of Dadar through the foods that anchor everyday life in the locale.
Tasting More Than Misal: A Street Food Walk in Pune
In Pune, the walk explored the historic neighbourhoods of Narayan Peth and Sadashiv Peth, tracing how the city’s eating-out culture developed around fasting practices, community kitchens, iconic tea houses, and the rhythms of old Pune life.
Munching Around Mandira Manch: A Street Food Walk in Bhubaneswar
In Bhubaneswar, the walk explored the Old Town, where temple traditions, seasonal rhythms, and centuries-old food practices shape what people eat every day.
Stepping into Chaar Diwari: A Street Food Walk in Old Jaipur
Jaipur’s walk focused on the Old City inside the ‘Chaar Diwari’, where the street food culture is shaped by early planning by the royals and later, by migration patterns.
Trash Talk and DIY Kitchen Hacks with SKRAP
For our Local Food Club themed Love Your Leftovers in November, members gathered online for a workshop that unpacked the messy truth of kitchen waste, showing us how ridiculously simple it is to turn scraps, peels, and packaging into valuable resources.
No Scraps Left Behind: Cooking Without Waste with Chef Arina Suchde
As part of our Local Food Club engagements, we had Chef Arina Suchde conduct a workshop on how scraps can spark delicious new beginnings—turning peels, pods, and stems into soups, teas, and syrups.
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