Blog categorized as food wisdom

How to be a foodwize diner?

I’ve watched with some puzzlement the raging popularity of Bangalore’s newer purveyors of tiffin. The darshini, the Mumbai equivalent being the Udupi and that of Delhi, the Sagar, has an important place on the urban landscape, catering to those who must, by necessity, eat inexpensively. Much like st...

20.11.23 06:59 PM - Comment(s)
Are we 'alive' to our senses when we eat?

Just a few months ago, I was standing up in front of a room of professors, fellow students and some friends, presenting the final paper of my program at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy. My paper was about the importance of unlocking the potential for culinary tourism in India, as a w...

22.06.22 04:34 PM - Comment(s)
Sustainability begins at home

Earlier this year, we were asked in one of our courses, ‘what has been your most sustainable food experience?’ After much deliberation, I concluded that it would be difficult, in fact, impossible for me to select just one. My love for food is rooted in my home, in India, i...

27.10.21 07:29 PM - Comment(s)