In my final year at culinary school I became increasingly fascinated with the idli. Under the guidance of Dr. Prabhakar Sastri and with a little help from my friends, I was curious to understand everything I could about what made… Read More »Idli Appreciation
Understanding how Google might be able to help the chef of the future Over the past year, although I haven’t been cooking as much (in a commercial kitchen) but I’ve noticed that I have been looking for more inspiration online and… Read More »“Hey, Google, help me be a better Cook”
After listening to chefs and academics talk about their journeys, experiences and ideas at the Chefs Conclave 2019 at WGSHA, Manipal, these culinary students said this is what they would do to be food citizens. Created live with Mentimeter Like… Read More »Here’s what young cooks say they can do to fight climate change
Understanding and revaluing my learnings as a cook: What the kitchen taught me that the outside world doesn’t seem to understand (or see in my resume) It’s been about a year since I made the decision to step outside the kitchen… Read More »I’m more than “just a cook”
This restaurant evolved from Zarine’s earlier Parsi restaurant Daddy’s Deli and continued to tell stories and keep the history of delicious Parsi food alive.
Sep/Oct 2017Mexico City Learning and exploring a culture through food, traditions and disasters (the earthquake of September 19th 2017 gave me a first hand understanding food in the times of disasters, comfort to body and soul) Lorea-Aleli is an inspiring… Read More »Lorea, CDMX, Mexico
It’s time we stopped spelling offal with an ‘A’ It might seem strange that I choose to write something on organ meats when our country (India) is going through a beefy time with muscle meats, but I absolutely despise the look… Read More »It’s time we stopped spelling offal with an ‘A’
The Hundred-Foot Journey is a fast paced culinary brimming novel that takes you right from the end of WWII on the dusty streets of Napean Sea Road in Bombay, through the low hanging skies of Southhall, London, onward to life… Read More »it’s all about the “zinzin”