“When I was six-years-old, my father took me to Jimmy’s Kitchen – one of the most popular Chinese restaurants in Kolkata. I remember wanting to try the red chilli sauce but I wasn’t allowed to. I kept staring at it and hoped to take one spoon sometime during the meal. I failed that day. A few years later, my school friends and I decided to walk back home in order to save the money we spent on the bus and go to a good restaurant for lunch. That way, we could eat whatever we wanted and there was nobody to stop us. As a child, I absolutely loved Chinese cuisine.

Later, when I moved to Benaras for college, I was exposed to many regional cuisines. We had about 40 canteens and I would spend time in each of them on different days of the week. People would joke that I knew the menu better than I knew my syllabus. But that’s what I was like – I loved food. Things got even better for me when I started living in Bengaluru. Back in the 1980s, it was one of the only cities that offered a plethora of cuisines. Pizza, pasta, steak, sizzler – I had never heard of these names. Thanks to my work, I stayed in different cities and travelled across the globe, spending a lot of my time trying vast local cuisines. In all these years, however, I realised that one can never fully master the Indian cuisine. Every village has something new to offer. Looking at my love for food, my son suggested I blog and that’s when I began writing. My research to understand the history of cuisines also started around the same time. People started reading and also asked me to write for newspapers. Travel and food are very closely linked – the more you travel, the more variety you get to try. I love the mountains, so I escape every now and then with my wife. My joy lies in writing about food in everyday life – pani puri, momos, roti – and the people who serve them in the streets. These are the stories I love telling. We don’t celebrate them as much as they deserve. So, I try to do my bit through my blog. I spend quality time on it, writing about food. It feels great to be able to do this at my age. Cheers to many more food expeditions!”

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