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“The act of foraging is meant to be a collective process”
Farmer and seed-saver Sunil Bhoye tells Oishika Roy about how seeds can be preserved by storing them in earthen pots and bamboo stems, and passing his knowledge of wild foods on to his daughter through the Wild Food Festival.
This Sunday Market in Alibaug Thrives in the Monsoon
The Thal Sunday Market is indispensable to Neil Khopkar’s family-run eatery in Alibaug. Leaning into local flavours and ingredients, it is here that they buy hirva vanga, samudra methi, and sakla, among a bunch of other produce.
Kala Masalyachi Methi
Reminiscing about his hometown Nashik, Archish Kashikar shares one of his favourite recipes featuring kala masala—a highlight in the northern parts of Maharashtra.
“We would fill our stomachs with Udad and Khurasani leaves”
Sunil Bhoye, a farmer and conservationist from Maharashtra, talks to Shailesh Awate of OOO Farms about the demands of foraging, and how traditional knowledge is passed down in the Kokni tribe that he belongs to.
Wild Food Festival ’24
City-dwellers come together in Mumbai to taste wild foods from the forests of the Sahyadri mountains, and learn more about the communities that champion them.
How ‘Local’ is the Mid Day Meal?
Zoya Naaz Rehmaan explores whether the Mid Day Meals in different states consider the everyday dietary habits of the students they cater to.
Balion Agrofoods: Tapping Into the Versatile Coconut Sap
Balion Agrofoods—a brand that offers products made from coconut sap—is based in the Sindhudurg district, a Konkan region abundant in coconut palms.
‘The Matunga market introduced me to my Mangalorean roots’
It is in the Matunga market in Mumbai that chef Ashwini Pai learnt how to identify a fresh and tender jeev kadgi. She writes on the seasonal produce essential to Mangalorean cooking, and how the market connects her to the town her grandparents left behind.
Pune’s Khadda Market: Seen Through the Eyes of an Architect
Why don’t we treat markets as the wonderful public spaces they really are? Wandering through a local market in Pune, and speaking to the vendors who run it, architect Smita Patil is struck anew by this question.
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