उन व्यंजनों, उस इतिहास, और उन रसोइयों पर लंबे लेख जो इस संग्रह को आकार देते हैं। «कैसे» नहीं, «क्यों»।
How a peasant's anti-waste broth, born in Nam Định's smoke kitchens, became the dish a country travels under.
Chillies travelled east from the Americas in the 16th century and rewrote half a continent's pantry within a hundred years. A short guide to the seven that matter most.
Why the upland rice that feeds two-thirds of Laos and most of northeastern Thailand has no place at the official table — and why that may, finally, be changing.