On a windy evening in West Los Angeles, a small group of mostly strangers gathered inside a trendy loft apartment. The 15 or so folks were an interesting cross section of humanity — from a winery ...

It’s almost impossible to get your head around what “Indian cooking” is. There’s so much variety to this ancient cuisine, which incorporates different flavors and spices from region to region. Add to ...

Last year I explored some family recipes from northern India where I was raised. Spring’s approaching, and I thought it would be a good time to “go back to basics” with a series of articles devoted to ...

At the age of five, Julie Sahni began attending a school run by Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement, in the North Indian city of Kanpur. Classes there trained her to be a perfect housewife. Born in ...

Aimee Levitt is a freelance writer in Chicago. Madhur Jaffrey initially became a cookbook author, she writes in the first line of An Invitation to Indian Cooking, “as a gradual maneuver in ...

Discover Delhi’s best restaurants serving diverse South Indian cuisine beyond the usual idli and dosa. From Kerala-inspired ...

Rahul Vinod and Sahil Rahman grew up helping their fathers run Indian restaurants, yet when they invited friends to eat Indian food, they were often immediately rejected. Their non-Indian friends ...