Tell us a story about food? Every day or during travel. Our hope is for ELSA Table to bring you curated experiences without having to travel! It could be a quick road-side pit stop at Dindigul for tea or the delicious food at Annapoorna temple in Horanadu or lunch at the Einstein café in Prague or a baking course you’ve taken at the famous Corden bleu Paris. We believe there is as much to write about a bad experience in the kitchen as a wonderful hack that helped your recipe come alive! Tell us all … including musings about food during you meal breaks or even a craving?!
I want to tell you guys about my husband who loves cooking and for whom cooking is a stressbuster. No matter how much work-load he has, he helps me in cooking too, amongst other household chores. When we got married, I did not even know how to chop vegetables, so I used to wait for
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When I see the muted Diwali celebrations these days, I miss the vibrancy and fervour it had when we were young. We did not worry about adding calories or polluting the environment so much then. My mom’s Diwali preps would start days in advance, planning the variety and quantity of sweets and savouries to be
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Nshima with relish is a staple of the Zambian palate. Nshima is made with maize flour and relish with greens that are lightly tempered. We could liken it to ‘dal chawal’ which is comfort food for many Indians. But while Indian food (which is central to its culture) goes far beyond that in its variety, diversity, complexity,
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Perhaps, there is no relationship that can match the loving warmth, comfort, and excitement that a grandchild and grandparent share! Add to that the genealogy that brings in matching smiles, similar gait, intelligence that runs in the blood, the shared wit, and not to forget, an inherited palate 🙂 Those of us who have been
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I never imagined it could come to this. There was a time when my grandmother or mother would painstakingly make the kashayam (kadha) with the intention of pouring that piping liquid down my gullet. The excuse was that I had a bit of cold or cough. But I remonstrated violently, not being in love with
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Food is music to the body, music is food to the heart: Gregory David Roberts Delectable food and delightful music: two indulgences that bring pleasure into our lives. And sometimes the two come together – in songs that refer to food or are even entirely dedicated to it! If you haven’t heard these mouthwatering numbers before, you
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As a South Indian in a predominantly North Indian family and friends circle, there is a lot of adjusting I have to do. It is not just coming to terms with rotis for dinner but also indulging I-love-South-Indian-cuisine guests who will build a formidable mountain of rice on their plate, create a big crater in
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Just when most parts of the country become a dust bowl with temperatures soaring to 45°C, a sweet ripe fruit makes its entry into the market. Growing up in UP, the summer was almost bearable with aam panna, sticky juicy mangoes, the inimitable drone of the desert cooler, and the nukkad library. Mango, ambo, mampazham, keiri …
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