Long live shelf offering
RIP shelf offering, 2020-2026
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Essays weaving food and culture, memory, history and politics together.
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Recent and upcoming work
Some links, some rants
Potato and chickpea kuruma
Tamil style, fiery and fragrant
Spring awakening
Notes on London enchantment, Food in Print fair, and an FFF workshop
Banana coffee peanut butter granola
Clustery, clumpy, and vibes-based – no rigid formula here
What you seek
A review/recommendation of the TV show Small Prophets
Paneer shawarma kati roll
Authenticity? In this economy?
Still life
A short essay on dining tables + a chlorophyll pitch announcement
Luxurious brown dal
A riff on silky dal makhani made with what I had on hand
There's no wrong way to do this
A look back at four essays from 2025 plus an editorial offering