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Quarterly Themes

Food as Gift

October 6, 2026
The Locavore Team

Gifting food is part of all our lives—whether through festive gifting, homemade sweets, care packages, foods carried between cities, or everyday acts of sharing. Join the conversation and explore how food is a gesture of care, connection, and culture.

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Oh! The Things We’ve Seen

A Guide to Mansa and Machha in Odisha

September 29, 2026
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Sam’s lunch plate of kankada kassa; the kankada is sourced from Gopalpur. Photo by Sam K.

Following the monthly theme, “Fish, Meat and More”, members of LFC Bhubaneswar recommend their go-to fish (machha) and meat (mansa) dishes unique to their region.

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Oh! The Things We’ve Seen

What’s on your plate today?

September 29, 2026
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The spread at Sneha’s friend’s house in Kerala—chicken mandi, honey chicken, pepper prawn, toum, mint and chilli chutney. Photo by Sneha.

In light of this month's theme, “Fish, Meat and More”, LFC members across the country share their favourite meat dishes—a plate they recently savoured, flavours from their childhood, and go-to local eateries.

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Oh! The Things We’ve Seen

When Achar Met Rice

September 29, 2026
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Rice paired with ghee, podis (karipata, metkut, moringa, and dal), shrimp chili oil salad, and Parsi jeera batasa. This plate of food was shared at the Local Food Club meetup in Mumbai in August. Photo by Mitali Bhasin.

What is that one rice accompaniment you swear by? LFC Mumbai’s members share their favourite chutney, pickle, and podi pairings with rice.

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Oh! The Things We’ve Seen

A Slice of Rice/Life

September 29, 2026
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Members reflect on how the type and number of rice varieties they cook with has evolved over time. They reminiscence over the unfamiliar turned familiar, from their childhood to adult kitchens

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Letters from the Room

The Kheer with No Name

September 29, 2026
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Benami kheer served at LFC Thiruvananthapuram, on the theme of ‘pantry staples’ but with a twist. All photos by Chef Ashok Eapen.

Chef Ashok Eapen unearths the history and science behind the Lucknowi Benami kheer—a sweet Awadhi pudding made with a secret, “benami” or nameless ingredient—served at Thiruvananthapuram’s Local Food Club.

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Pine Nuts

September 24, 2026
The Locavore Team

Encased in hard brown shells, these pine nuts—locally called chilgoza—are sweet and nutty.

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August 2026: The Desi Pantry

September 23, 2026
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Conversations this month encompassed vibrant stories around pantry staples like grains, flours, pulses, millets, masalas, chutneys, coffee, honey, jam, pickles. Illustration by Anugraha Mahesh.

In the second month of our quarterly theme Know Your Desi Ingredients, we focused on pantry staples. We dug into our kitchen shelves, and picked out ingredients that are dried, stored, preserved, fermented.

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Meet Our Knowledge Partners

September 14, 2026
The Locavore Team

Collaborative relationships are at the heart of the Woman Farmer Project. Meet the organisations and experts who helped support the fellowship, shape priorities, and ensure contextual accuracy in our storytelling.

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