Medieval India was an exciting place for food lovers. It was during this period that texts in regional languages and Sanskrit first started including ‘Supashastra’ or cooking sciences as a stand-alone chapter. One of the most extensive and only the second instance of it is the encyclopedic treatise – Manasollasa – by King Somesvara III…
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Continue ReadingWading through the often difficult Indian summers, how could Social Tables by ForkTales not find solace in company of the king of fruits that make the subcontinent’s summers worth drudging through! So, there we were celebrating Indian mangoes in their complete glory with basket full of mangoes to taste and a whole spread, from drinks…
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Continue ReadingThe Gora Sahib’s Table – Food from the Raj and Cup of Tea There is not a better day than to have come back from the most fulfilling and emotional event that I have done and to sit down to write this post. Today is Didubhai’s birthday, but her identity should not be confined in…
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Continue ReadingThe first event by ForkTales Social Tables had auspicious beginnings with the event on the Mahaprasad served at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha. The traditions of the temple in cooking and serving the prasad were followed to the extent possible. In keeping with that, the entire meal was cooked out of these pots. If we have to…
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Continue ReadingThe second event by Social Tables choose to tread a path less taken – demystify the idea of non-vegetarian prasad – an idea which is alien to most. And what better than bhog served to the Mother Goddess and the numerous forms that she is worshipped in across Bengal. We brought forth a bit…