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...
Several months ago, I wrote about the potential for eco-agri-culinary tourism in India, as a way to create greater economic opportunities for small scale agricultural communities by creating travel experiences rooted in local food cultures while also replenishing and protecting the natural envi...
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...
Imagine a little cottage in the Nilgiris biosphere reserve, atop a hill with breathtaking views of two shimmering lakes, lush tea plantations, carrot and potato farms. As you check in, one of the first things you’re told is to wake up early and peek out of the window to see the sun rise over the lak...
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture – this is the 2nd goal of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For those less familiar with the UN SDGs, they are also called Global Goals and they were adopted by the United Nations in 2015,...
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life – this is the widely accepted definition of food security emerging from the World Food...
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...
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