Desi Umami

Over the past few weeks, after taking up posting about my kitchen adventures more publicly, Nirmal and I have received so much love and encouragement from all of you! It has helped me conduct my ti…

I have lived away from Mumbai for a fair amount of time. In all my years of living away from home, I have managed to find a good fix for most of my nostalgic hankerings – except one. I’ve never rea…

My wife Namrata and I have idolized Chef Massimo Bottura for a few years now. His restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena has been on top of our restaurant wishlist of all time. Awarded the best …

See, I’ll be honest. This quarantine season is weighing heavily on almost all of us. When Nirmal and I set out for Modena in late February this year, we didn’t have the slightest idea of the weeks …