The adventures of an apprentice chef in France

From metaphysical thrillers to Agatha Christie redux

When planting a thought is space-time medicine

When Agatha Christie cooks Poirot’s breakfast

Reading Agatha Christie and other gardening pleasures

Lawrence Wright’s new thriller shows with chilling prescience how the world will reckon with a pandemic

Mysteries for pandemic times—from a virus which is the weapon of mass destruction to a US Congressional intern caught in political intrigue

Pandemic thoughts after reading Mary Shelley and Albert Camus

Will the coronavirus change what we eat and how we eat?

Who is the winner in the war between biryani and poha?

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