ChefTZac’s Guide to Buying Seafood
How to choose good fish anywhere in India For anyone who cooks seafood, whether once a week or once a month, learning how to buy the right fish is the…
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The Locavore Guide to Eating Out in Kochi
A practical, local-first food guide to Kochi, built around seafood, toddy shop-style lunches, markets, bakeries, cafés, and the everyday eateries locals return to.
‘Against the Tide’ Screening and Conversation at MuSo, Mumbai
An evening of cinema and conversation with the makers of ‘Against the Tide’ (2023)— held as part of The Locavore’s Mumbai Koli Project— explored the shifting tides of Mumbai’s Koli community and their changing relationship with the sea.
The Tiny Food Project: Alibag
In Narangi, Alibag, The Locavore and Tiny Miracles are working with Koli and Agri women to turn home-cooked traditions into independent livelihoods. Through this pilot, kitchens become spaces of skill, pride, and entrepreneurship — where good food creates agency, not charity.
She Moves Food
Tonight’s dining experience, a creative collaboration between The Locavore and Chef Thomas Zacharias, is a celebration of the extraordinary women behind our food. Their commitment to sustainability, craftsmanship, and innovation…
‘My Basic Tendency is to Experiment’
Professor and chef Kiranmayi Bhushi spoke to us about cooking for artists in Chicago, her grandfather’s farm in coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Lakshmi Charu,a traditional dish that’s making a comeback.
Pastry Chef Heena Punwani’s Baking Journey Began in Someone Else’s Kitchen
Do early associations of food shape our tastes and identity? Pastry chef Heena Punwani speaks to chef Thomas Zacharias about growing up with Enid Blyton books, her mother’s flavourful butter chicken, and the first wedding cake that she ever baked.