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 ...

A few weeks ago, I reached out to my mother — a phenomenal Indian home cook — with the hopes that she would pass down her wisdom to me this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. You can ...

The oil used in cooking does more than just keep things from sticking to the pan. It adds flavour, depth, aroma, and often a nutritional boost to the meal. In Indian kitchens, there’s long-standing ...

Mahira Rivers is a food writer and restaurant critic based in New York City where she writes, primarily, about chefs and restaurant culture. Mahira was previously an anonymous inspector for the ...

Your mouth will water just listening to Madhur Jaffrey talk about the mangoes and peaches of her childhood. Her eyes glisten as she flips through one of her cookbooks featuring photos of India's ...