Deep Fry

We're eating all the time

A couple of months ago I met my friend and fellow food writer Rituparna Roy in Mumbai.

May 14 • 

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February 2025

Arugula flower from my terrace

Lately, I have been thinking about using awe as a tool to stay more present in my life.

Feb 22 • 

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January 2025

April 2022

War of the "food cities"

Let's try to end this Bombay-Delhi fight?

Apr 12, 2022 • 

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March 2022

Cuisines: National and regional

Should dhaniya be India's national herb?

Mar 12, 2022 • 

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January 2022

Pooris in Peace

A case for deep-fried food

Jan 12, 2022 • 

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December 2021

August 2021

Why I can’t (and don’t want to) cook

A personal essay on abuse and relationship with food. Words by Sneha Bengani

Aug 1, 2021 • 

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June 2021

The Great Indian Kitchen - Part 2

Digging deeper into the problem + Call for pitches

Jun 19, 2021 • 

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May 2021

What lies inside the great Indian kitchen?

Part commentary, part reflection and part personal essay about kitchen as a gendered space. Words by Shirin Mehrotra

May 5, 2021 • 

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