From the Editor’s PC – Yashasvini Verma
Mild TW for a mention of EDs. There is only so much I can say about food, and all its aspects, without undermining its value— because placing a physical, innate…
March 2021
Masterchef Australia: A Review and a Plea – Tanvi Jain
Masterchef Australia, the Australian adaptation of the original British Masterchef, completed 12 seasons in 2020 and has recently teased its new season on Instagram. It is an opportunity for amateur…
Cookies and Brotherly Love – Ananya Pareek
The wind smells of earth. It has started raining; the only time I resent rain. We are supposed to collect his ashes, but fire and water usually don’t match, so…
To All the Maggis I’ve Eaten Before – Aayushi Bawa
Dear Maggi, You probably already know this, but I need you. You bring my family together. You make sleepovers even more exciting. You are the ultimate midnight snack. You are…
Focaccia – Stuti
Sometime, in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, William Cobbett, a journalist, wrote “Without bread all is misery.” Today, more than half a century later, I would like to…
Vegan Voyage – Vrinda Rastogi
“I think she has a milk allergy. You should stop eating all dairy products for 3 months”. When I was seven years old, I was diagnosed with a milk allergy.…
Food Symbolism in Literature | Paint the Town Read – Bhavya Nayak
Paint the Town “Read” Chapter 4: Food Symbolism in Literature – The Flavour in Storytelling – Food is often associated with memories, feelings and emotions. Sugar and spices tickle our…
In the Kitchen of Life – Ananya Mishra
Today I share with you all, the recipe to create some ‘Marvellous Memories’; there will be no need for sugar and salt, just the kitchen of life jingling with the…
But First, Chai – Ishani Singh
Be it a sore throat or a stressful sigh, the ultimate solution mom had was a cup of chai. A straight no was always the reply, without even giving it…
Grandma’s Recipe Book – Mira Sehgal
During my stay at my grandparents’ place, my seven-year-old self would climb up onto the kitchen slab in the evening, while my grandmother prepared snacks for me— some plain old…
Yummy (No, not the Song) – Shreya Singh
Food is the substantial basis of life: shocker. If given a rather Gen-Z twist to this mainstream definition, food can be defined as the sole reason why certain people attend…
Food and Movies: the Ultimate Duo – Shruthi Nilla
What makes your world go round? The bourgeois would point to money. Hopeless romantics would claim it to be love. I, an avid bibliophile in her teens, would plead my…
Dining Etiquettes Around the Globe – Sanjali Sharma
Finally! Her letter is here. I was waiting for it for the past 3 days. Before the pandemic, Reshma had visited all these popular countries, kind of like a world…
A Serenade to the Cup of Chai I have Yet to Enjoy – Aliyah Banerjee
My longing fingers curl around the handle, like they would around your waiting fingers under the window, I smell not your enchanting perfume, o’ maiden! but your homely waft with…
Purane Risthon ki Shuruat, Maggi ke Saath – Saara Mathur
“Watching the sun making way for the dark clouds, you anticipate the arrival of rain. Grooving to the beat of your new favourite song blasting in the kitchen, you reach…
Opinions and Rants – Sanidhya Mittal
Rant 1: Things like biryani, keema, kabab are supposed to be non-vegetarian, it’s in their description. This is the same case with many other cuisines, for example, vegetarian lasagne. A…
The Dance of Time – Tanisha Karmakar
We swayed and tottered together, gently. One of my arms wrapped around his, The other across his shoulders. His shaking steps in hospital slippers Weak in power but deliberate in…
An Oxymoronic Story – Jasmann Narang
Words. Lately, the only thing that is running through our minds, But the only thing we are running out of these days. Thoughts, The one thing that has been going…