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F is for FIRE

Are we the species that invented fire? Or did someone beat us to it? Khaman Ji and Sharada cook me the meal of a lifetime in their traditional Rajasthani home – and give me the answer. We’re sitting cross-legged on … Continue reading →

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B is for Bel Patra

You’re offered a drink in India… which is the living embodiment of a God. What do you do? I’m standing on the terrace of a hotel in Varanasi, overlooking the Ganges. Dawn is warming the weathered stones of the ghats, … Continue reading →

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Fish is for FISH – Mussel Men

Are you looking for some of the most exquisite seafood known to man? Join us on a 700km pilgrimage along the Indian coast… by bike… to the heart of Konkani cuisine. Some seafood hides in the depths. Some almost trips … Continue reading →

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F is for FISH – Back of the net

Are you looking for some of the most exquisite seafood known to man? Join us on a 700km pilgrimage along the Indian coast… by bike… to the heart of Konkani cuisine. Stretching over 1000km, the Konkan embraces the western coast … Continue reading →

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F is for FISH – Coming home

Are you looking for some of the most exquisite seafood known to man? Join us on a 700km pilgrimage along the Indian coast… by bike… to the heart of Konkani cuisine. Suddenly, I know the pilgrimage will reach its destination. … Continue reading →

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C is for CHAI GUY

IN PRAISE OF INDIA’S CHAI STALLS Wherever you wake up in India – whichever city, town or village you’re in – HE is there. HE is the perfect start to your day. Whatever you’re feeling, whatever your mood, HE will … Continue reading →

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Eating Eden

Can ONE MEAL change EVERYTHING you know about food? IF you forage for every ingredient in pristine Thai jungle… and cook with a Karen hill tribe… YES IT CAN! If you travel to Chiang Mai in Thailand’s ‘Golden Triangle’, the … Continue reading →

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The roadside restaurants of Tamil Nadu

How a two-thousand year-old recipe taught me about the essence of food At the point on the map where southern India tapers off in perfect V, Tamil Nadu sits snugly on the eastern coast. As a destination, it may not … Continue reading →

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WOKE… BY A YOLK

How a soft-boiled egg taught me that all food is a gift Is there a lovelier, more relaxing thing on Earth than a hot spring? Of all the surprises the planet has to offer, who’d have thought that one would … Continue reading →

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A taste for infinity

Curry is such a varied cuisine that it may feel infinite…. but is it? And while we’re on the subject… does infinity exist? In the distinguished company of Archimedes – and Professor Ian Rumfitt, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College … Continue reading →

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