A hungry state of mind
The stories behind the food. The people, the places, the plates.
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A 75-year-old Sindhi cafe in Chembur. A vegetable price that doubled in May. A community that lost a country and kept the recipes. And what happens when the kokum gets expensive.
A 1,400-year-old eating tradition in Bhendi Bazaar. A wholesale inflation rate of 2.13 percent. A chicken sushi roll where the kheema samosa used to be. And a generation of cooks deciding what stays and what goes.
Dadar Parsi Colony is 97 years old. The kitchens inside it are older. Now they're open for business.
Powai's tiffin economy was always run by women. The professionals just started paying what it was worth.