Personal Essay How I Cooked My Way Through Grief May 16, 2024Mandakini Menon In the wake of the sudden loss of her father, Mandakini Menon found a grounding force in the act of cooking—and the tactility of working with food.View Post
Books on Food An Excerpt from Turmeric Nation: A Passage Through India’s Tastes April 7, 2023Shylashri Shankar Why are certain dishes associated with rituals around death and mourning? In an excerpt on grief from Turmeric Nation, author Shylashri Shankar writes about how she remembers her father, year after year, through food. View Post
Personal Essay Call Your Mother April 1, 2022Chryselle D’Silva Dias It is in a crisis that the mettle of a society is revealed. Chryselle D’Silva Dias on how food keeps us compassionate and generous.View Post