Cultural Plates

To sit before a trami—Kashmir’s gleaming copper platter of Wazwan—is to witness a culinary epic unfold. This is not just...

A Culinary Legacy Shaped by History The region’s culinary identity was shaped by centuries of Moorish rule, which introduced ingredients...

French cooking has a branding problem. To the uninitiated, it’s the culinary equivalent of a black-tie gala—exclusive, fussy, and slightly...

In the Poitou-Charentes region of western France, Easter traditions are steeped in a blend of rural life, Catholic heritage, and...

Fall in love with Dosa, South India’s iconic fermented crepe, a golden perfection! Dosa, South India’s gift to the culinary...

The Mughal Empire, which ruled India from 1526 to 1857, left behind more than just architectural marvels like the Taj...

Let me take you to a Bengali kitchen, where the air is thick with the scent of mustard oil and...

Chicken rules our homes. Not the kind that clucks in pastoral idylls or the kind that stars in children’s books,...

The Dish That Feels Like Home Let’s start with a question: What’s the one meal that makes you feel like...

  By Som Dasgupta Winter in Punjab: Where Food Becomes a Necessity Let’s get one thing straight: winter in Punjab...