Stories
At Kashmere Gate’s Durga Pujo, Mutton Biryani and Korma are Always on the Menu
The capital city’s oldest Durga Pujo brings Old Delhi’s expert bawarchis to cook up a storm in a school playground.
The Inner Workings of The Oldest Maharashtrian Bhojanalay in My Hometown
No spectacle, no fancy plating—just food you keep coming back for, for years together. Harshita Lalwani gets a glimpse into the kitchen at New Poona Boarding House.
An Essential Reading Guide to Mumbai’s Changing Seascape
Mukta Patil, Projects Editor at The Locavore, curates a list of essential readings on sustainable fishing and the Koli community.
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“The root crops are at risk of disappearing, […] compelling Reshma and Nagveni to strive to protect them”
—Reshma and Nagveni, a duo rooting for tubers in Joida, Karnataka
“What will I do, sitting at home?”
—Surekha Kochrekar, a vegetable-seller in Banda
“Watching a large fish being caught for the first time as a kid, it stayed with me”
—Achchu, a fisherman from Lakshadweep
“I wanted to start a shop that was my own. I didn’t want to depend on anyone”
—Nagasri, who runs a dosa shop in Madhura Nagar, Hyderabad
Nothing For The Bin: Lessons from ‘The No-Waste Kitchen Cookbook’
Bruised tomatoes, cauliflower stems, orange peels—what we dismiss, Arina Suchde wants you to begin redeeming. In this excerpt from The No-Waste Kitchen Cookbook, she makes a case for our everyday food scraps as the begin…