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I had always been fascinated with the world of food and remember browsing through newspapers and magazines as a kid just to land up on the food and lifestyle section.I'd read and imagine vividly all that used to be written and wished that one day I'd get to be a part of this delicious world too.I started exploring food seriously in terms of cooking and checking out new places when I started living alone as a college student during my graduation from Delhi University.I made the city my own, one plate at a time.Even when I used to work as...

When I did my Masters in English Literature, I had no idea that I would somehow get steered in the direction of food. Sitting on a stool in my grandmother’s kitchen and watching her pat Bhakris or talk about the varying levels of roasting sooji, food was something that I went to for comfort but never thought of it as a possible vocation. In fact, I even did a certificate course in Bakery and Confectionery in college but that was primarily so I could skip studying two other subjects I had no interest in! Much later, when I was married...

I was introduced to the wonders of food and the working of a kitchen pretty early in life. In a household with the kitchen as the nucleus, it soon became the centre of my day-to-day life.

My kitchen is the soul of the house. A living lab of emotions, invention, memories and what not!