Oh, the Cursed Fruit

Lhendup G Bhutia

Our correspondent’s experiment with the Gandhian menu

What They Ate in the Indus Valley

Lhendup G Bhutia

A civilisational menu

Is There a Tyranny of the Tasting Menu?

Shylashri Shankar

We want a symphony on a plate but there aren’t many chefs who can deliver

Kitchen Confidential

Sohini Chattopadhyay

Having spent three months snooping around a restaurant, Sohini Chattopadhyay reveals why even great recipes sometimes don’t make it to the menu, the food service industry’s unforgiving hierarchy, and other secrets

Out for a Duck

Aastha Atray Banan

At Rs 8,500, the Peking Duck is the most expensive dish on the menu of Hakkasan, a restaurant that has many of Mumbai’s swish set as patrons. But let’s just say it’s an acquired taste