Kalyan Karmakar
Author and food writer
Kalyan Karmakar is obsessed with food and loves talking about it. He runs an award-winning food and travel blog www.finelychopped.net. His debut book, The Travelling Belly, published by Hachette Publishing, is a food travelogue set across India.
By Kalyan Karmakar
What's Christmas without a sumptuous meal? And what's Christmas without memories?
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A Punjabi family from Mumbai made the city feel like home for me. With all the warmth of Deepawali.
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A roshogolla from any other state does not taste just as sweet.
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I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic just before my trip to The Land of the Rising Sun. But I managed to eat so well there, and yet, keep extra weight off.
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Food historians argue about its origins, but this is the one dish that exists across the country today, uniting us all.
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Every kitchen adds its own little stamp to khichuri (khichdi) — the original Buddha bowl.
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Restaurants that play loud, headbanging numbers spoil the joy of eating out and our enjoyment of cuisine. Do they play it louder to hide off notes in the food?
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The ‘poster boy’ of Indian mangoes has plus points over varieties like langda and himsagar – these include a thicker skin, less fibre, more hardiness.
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