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Meghan and Prem have moved on. You can now find Meghan writing at Small Bag Big Appetite, and Prem at Disquiet. Thank you for being with us on our journeys!

Making meetha (sweet) paan

Maker: Dinesh Chaurasiya, Owner, Paan stall, Mumbai, India

May 31, 2016

Dinesh Chaurasiya has been making paan for the past 25 years. He inherited the stall from his grandfather, Satyanarayan Chaurasiya.

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In maker series Tags maker series, travel, paan, india, mumbai, bombay, dinesh chaurasiya, hindi, matunga
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Sankar Lal Patel

Chai

January 12, 2016

In a dense, populous city like Bombay you don’t need to go very far for good chai. My favorite chai in the world is the chai I can find in my neighborhood, and it happens to be pretty damned good...

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In travel highlights Tags travel, food, india, chai, bombay, tea, breakfast, thane, sankar lal patel, masala chai, kerala, thattukada, mumbai
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Sporadic Bursts of Instant Gratification (or, The Most Memorable Bites of the Year), 2015 edition

December 28, 2015

I enjoyed recapping my most memorable eats of 2014, and to start a new tradition, I've looked back at this past year to once again record them...

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In travel highlights Tags food, travel, proust, idli, brahmin's, bangalore, india, garam doodh, bhajanlal dairy farm, bombay, l'air de temps, eghezee, belgium, terrine, rockpool, sydney, australia, francois pralus, chocolate, tobago estate, bread, brae, birregurra, victoria, duck, uni, momofuku ko, new york city, pump street bakery, grenada, crayfish bay estate, dalencay, cheese, linden dale farms, lancaster, pennsylvania, sonora beef, casa virginia, mexico city, mexico, mole, pujol, congee, sang kee, hong kong, goose, yat lok, mango, granadilla, bogota, colombia, foie gras, the modern, sai-ua, chiang mai, tartine, sole, duck liver, amsterdam, bord'eau, paan, singapore, fish ball noodle soup, tiong bahru, zagreb, broccoli rabe, sausage, croatia, miyazaki, wagyu, kokage, eggs, slow-scrambled, prosciutto di parma, bacon, usa, the netherlands
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