Pongal is the vibrant harvest festival of South India which is a celebration rooted in gratitude for nature, the sun, and the earth that provides abundance. Observed mainly in Tamil Nadu and other ...

When you travel for Pongal, you witness gratitude in action. You see a culture that values the sun, soil, and animals.

Raghavan Iyer, the chef who did so much to popularize Indian cooking in the U.S., has died after years of cancer treatments. He released his final book, "On the Curry Trail," a couple of months ago.

He broke with traditions in writing cookbooks, teaching thousands of cooks, consulting for restaurants, leading tours, catering meals and creating frozen dinners. By Kim Severson Raghavan Iyer, who ...

India’s culinary geography is a mosaic painted not just with spices and grains, but with oils—each with its own story, shaped by climate, trade, faith and sheer practicality. Long before refined ...