Stories - The Locavore

Meetha Nimbu Pickle

The Locavore Team
May 8, 2026

Made using a heirloom recipe from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, this sweet and sour pickle has thickly sliced lemon pieces along with traditional whole spices like cumin, black pepper, peepal, brown cardamom, clove, to name a few.

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Coconut Flower Cider Vinegar

The Locavore Team
May 5, 2026

Packed with minerals and amino acids, this raw, unpasteurized vinegar is a treasure trove of probiotic goodness, featuring the beneficial 'mother' of vinegar.

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Sidr Honey

The Locavore Team
May 5, 2026

A creamy, thick monofloral honey produced by the pollination of jujube flowers that are predominantly found in Rajasthan.

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Brown Raisins

The Locavore Team
May 4, 2026

Umrani Farms’ brown raisins are darker in colour than the commercially available golden raisins because they are sun-dried, and not chemically treated.

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Cardamom

The Locavore Team
May 3, 2026

Green cardamom pods, up to 3.5 centimetres in height, from the forests of the Western Ghats.

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Personal Essay

Salt, According to Taste

Sonakshi Srivastava
April 21, 2026

Cooking and translating are acts of active seeking. Illustration by Anugraha Mahesh.

Cooking, like translating, sits at the liminal intersection between what can be measured and what is driven by instinct.

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Culture

Famine, Migration and The History of Bengal’s Zero-Waste Culinary Culture

Suman Mahfuz Quazi
April 17, 2026

In Bengal’s kitchens, curdled milk becomes sandesh; vegetable peels become khosha bhaja and bata; and fish is relished from scale to tail.

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Stories

Support Vidyun to Provide Well-rounded Nutritious Meals to 100 Children

The Locavore Team
April 15, 2026

At this afterschool centre in Ahmedabad, food is an immersive part of the learning experience—helping children build connections, think critically, and engage with the world in deeper, more meaningful ways. Help The Locavore in raising ₹3,00,000 to sustain Vidyun’s Meal Programme which will provide 100 children with nourishing meals for the academic year of 2026–27.

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Stories

Our Favourite Stories On Food and Labour

Deepshika Pasupunuri
April 9, 2026

Want to familiarise yourself with this quarter’s theme? Here are ten stories we think you’ll love, recommended by the Local Food Club team!

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Culture

Making Well-rounded Nutrition Exciting at an Afterschool Centre in Ahmedabad

Yashvi Shah
April 6, 2026

At Vidyun, an afterschool centre with a robust meals programme, children are learning about nutrition, science, and food history along with their evening snacks.

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