Full Stop India

“Please teach me Indian cooking! I will bring ingredients and pay you for your trouble. I would like to know about your culture as well.”
And with this posting on Craigslist, so begins Nani Power’s journey to learn traditional Indian cooking in the most ancient of ways — woman to woman. Welcomed warmly into the homes [...]

My recent introduction to chicken salna was thanks to my Tamil driver Selvamraj, who promised this popular, traditional dish would not disappoint. And he was so right. Tamil Nadu food stalls, lining the roads of the state, are famous for their salnas. But I didn’t eat this delicious South Indian spicy gravy with chicken as [...]

Totally unexpected, and thoroughly enjoyed, my driver Selvam surprised my travel partner and I with a roadside picnic lunch one hot, sunny and humid day. For weeks he had mentioned something about a spicy Tamil gravy that we should try. “You will try one day, I will show you”, he kept telling us. Between the [...]

Limiting oneself to just 50 of the greatest Indian snacks is a feat in itself. Add to it rich, colorfully detailed photos of individual snacks direct from the streets of various cities across India, and you have this substantially sized hardcover book good enough for the coffee table or kitchen collection.
Actual photos taken around Bombay, [...]

Skip the car and make the short walk from Hotel Solitaire to this finer establishment in Bangalore, Karnataka. Eerily bright red neon lights illuminate the walkway into the modern chic restaurant catering to the city’s burgeoning middle class. An open air feeling ,with just enough privacy, is achieved with dark lighting, slightly over-sized tables, cushion-comfortable [...]