Until some years ago, you would be hard-pressed to find duck-based dishes on menus in the country. At the Chennai-based restaurant chain Kappa Chakka Kandhari, chef Regi Mathew’s menu offers traditional Kerala fare, which includes dishes like duck mappas—slow-cooked duck in a coriander and coconut milk curry with fermented rice cake. “Duck is versatile from a cooking perspective but it …
Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post columnist, who also calls himself “epistemologist, enthusiast of excreta-related humor ” on his Twitter profile has unleashed the wrath of none other than the otherwise soft-spoken gastronomy specialist and celebrity chef Padma Lakshmi. In his article, titled “You can’t make me eat these foods,” Gene had listed out foods he wouldn’t eat, such as hazelnuts, …
