Jorasanko Thakur Bari was one of the pioneers of Bengali Renaissance and so was in the art of cooking. The women of the household whipped up recipes that were the first fusion recipes that India had ever witnessed. The culinary journey of the Jorasanko Tagore
In the Kaliachak block of Malda stands an ancient town called Bangitola with a history of more than a century. And in this very village-town is the famous Muktakeshi temple lined with rows of age-old shops that sell a special sweet known as Monda. It
In August 2020, with the world in the grip of the Covid 19 pandemic, chef Vikramjit Roy abandoned his plans to open a large fine dining restaurant and focused instead on a cloud kitchen, to aid farmers, suppliers, and his staff, not to mention his
Summer vegetables rarely excite the Bengali gourmand the way winter offerings seem to do. After all, how far outside of the box can one really step with a few varieties of ‘shaak’ and ‘dnata’ (stalks, for want of a better translation), jhinge (obscurely known as
Our indigenous range of ‘chops’ has failed miserably to make its mark in the international market. While elbowing our way to the counter of renowned roadside stalls like Kalika and Laxminarayan Sau and then devouring our favorite ‘aloo chop or Kashmiri chop,’ we dream of
From ministers to famous players, Chakum Chukum has many patrons – An exclusive GB interview with the owners. People who have moved out of Kolkata, still cannot get over the city’s famous street foods. Their constant refrain is how Kolkata’s street food both in variety and
From experience, and from reading and listening to countless interviews, Conversations with Nobel Prize-winning Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (though he seems to have dropped the ‘Vinayak’ in recent times) are apt to switch from life, to world economics, to vegetables, to clothes, with equal ease. From
VEvery die-hard foodie of Kolkata has been to Tiretta Bazaar at one point or the other to savour the best home-made Chinese food and breakfast and enjoy a slice of Chinese life in the heart of the city. But a dig in history opens up
Sindhis are not only great hosts and love their guests, they are also food loving people. The Sindhi cuisine covers a wide variety, which caters to everyone’s taste. Right from nutritious meals to ones those tickle taste buds. I know by now you must be
As the mercury starts dipping, we suffer from an irresistible urge for drinking something that offers us the much needed warmth during the freezing winters. Coffee and tea are common in ever weather. But nothing can beat the taste of a hot chimney soup. Chimney