ABOUT CULINARY CHRONICLES

Culinary Chronicles explores India through its cuisines, its dishes, its places, its people and the ingredients that connect them.

To understand a place, don’t just ask what people speak or wear. Ask what they eat. Then ask why.

Food as a way of understanding people

Geography, climate and agriculture shape what grows. Faith, community, migration and trade shape what reaches the table. Memory and history shape what a meal means.

Culinary Chronicles follows these connections through food, culture, travel, history, people and storytelling. It looks beyond a recipe catalogue to explore why communities eat the way they do.

Shankar Manapragada

Founder & Host, Culinary Chronicles

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