The Thali

TLP Thali explores food beyond the recipe: tracing it back to land, memory, migration, and the cultures that shape how we eat. Step into the kitchens, farms, and food traditions that make up India’s many culinary worlds.

Land. Memory. Taste.

Ammi’s Kitchen: A Culinary Inheritance from Rampur

In Ammi’s Kitchen, Pernia Qureshi shares Rampur’s heirloom recipes and memories, celebrating food as family, history, and love.

6 min read

The Kitchen, The Food, And The Culture: The Recipes of Our Identities

Meghna Mathew writes an ode to the humble Indian kitchen and its role in shaping identities.

6 min read

Conversations at the Dinner Table: On Connecting with the Generations Above Us

Neha Rajan on dinner table conversations that helped connect three generations of women.

5 min read

Breaking Up with Diet Culture: On Body Image and Gender

Sagarika Chaudhary writes about breaking up with toxic diet culture and beauty standards and embracing one's body.

7 min read

A Tetley Tale: from Colonial Machinations to Masala Chai

Raviakash Deu spills the tea on the origins of our beloved cup of chai.

7 min read

Why Jeo Baby’s “The Great Indian Kitchen” is a timely reminder of unequal labour structures at home

Mythily Nair reviews the new Malayalam film, The Great Indian Kitchen, which takes an unflinching lens into the Indian household.

6 min read

The Ghost of Korma Past: From Ethnic to Empire

Raviakash Deu writes about the complex threads of food, culture, history and identity that tie South Asian communities to Britain, viceversa

7 min read

The Thali

Ammi’s Kitchen: A Culinary Inheritance from Rampur

The Kitchen, The Food, And The Culture: The Recipes of Our Identities

Conversations at the Dinner Table: On Connecting with the Generations Above Us

Breaking Up with Diet Culture: On Body Image and Gender

A Tetley Tale: from Colonial Machinations to Masala Chai

Why Jeo Baby’s “The Great Indian Kitchen” is a timely reminder of unequal labour structures at home

The Ghost of Korma Past: From Ethnic to Empire

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