Pork rinds. Dried squirrel. Spicy fish eggs. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada is part anthology, part cookbook and part rebuke to readers, who may presume Indian food is largely vegetarian. Yet this is a ...

Marathi author Shahu Patole (right, in blue); Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visits Patole's house; translator Bhushan Korgaonkar (top left, in pink); jacket of the English translation of Patole's ...

“Why does the food shown in television shows and newspapers always look tasty? Is that food never burnt, stale, spicy, salty, or tasteless?” “Why do they call it ‘baingan’ bharta when baingan is the ...

CHENNAI : Anna He Apoorna Brahma”, declares Shahu Patole in the title of his thought-provoking book, challenging the conventional wisdom, ‘Anna He Poorna Brahma’ — that food is the complete truth.

When the coriander plants flowered, a strong aroma would linger in the air that reminded everyone of meat curries. If there were sufficient coriander leaves, ‘mutke’ (balls) would be made. Kotmiriche ...

If we are what we eat, then shouldn’t eating sattvic (plant-based or “pure” food) make one sanatan like a Brahmin, asks Shahu Patole. ‘No matter what I choose to eat or not eat, it is not going to ...