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Kurtoskalacs, the chimney sweet of Europe

Smoking hot chimney cake Kurtoskalacs is no longer prepared regularly in homes across Europe. It has become a touristy treat now, writes Sheila Kumar Is it doughy cotton candy? Is it a slimmer version…

BOOKS: Q & A with MANREET SODHI SOMESHWAR

`My novel explores how a society riven by a seemingly-unending spiral of violence, needs to open up to the stories of its survivors and fold them into its national and social history.` Manreet Sodhi Someshwar`s The Radiance of a Thousand Suns revisits the atrocities faced by the Sikh community, both at the time of…

FEATURE: THE VOICE OF FASHION/THE THORTH TURNS HAUTE!

FABRIC OF INDIA / OPINION The Malayali Towel’s 15 Minutes of Fame by Sheila Kumar 6 Min Read September 5, 2019 Kerala’s ubiquitous, uber-thin towels get an amazing upgrade, much to the bemusement of Malayalis around the world What can I say? It’s like your old blush-pink velour pyjamas are suddenly trending like mad on every…

FEATURE: METROPLUS: THE BIKER CHICK WHO IS NOT!

MOTORING The happiness of a long-distance biker Sheila Kumar Yoga teacher Sangeetha Jairam rides off into the yonder in her spare time “I’m no biker chick,” Sangeetha Jairam says firmly. “I am more of an adventure-traveller; my motorcycle is something of a companion-teacher, who has taught, and continues to teach me, a lot…

FEATURE/SUNDAY MAGAZINE: THE TEATIMES OF CHILDHOOD

Remembrance of teatimes past Looking back at 4 pm food memories It is a truth universally acknowledged, that young persons forced to spend a whole hot and humid month in their `native place,` will be forever restless, forever hungry. Back in the Eighties, our large brood of siblings and cousins were no different when we…

FEATURE: MAN`S WORLD INDIA/SOURDOUGH, HIM AND ME

FOOD & DRINK He did, she did In which the writer attends a sourdough workshop and gets into covert competition with a man Sheila Kumar 8 min read “This is the mother starter,” says Bengaluru-based Sour House’s Selvan Thandapani, who is guiding us through this Introduction to Sourdough workshop. We are five women aspiring sourdough bakers…

FEATURE: METROPLUS/BAKING SOURDOUGH BREAD

The sourdough challenge In which the writer attends a sourdough workshop and develops starter-fear This is the mother starter, pronounces Sourhouse India`s Selvan Thandapani, who is taking the Introduction to Sourdough Workshop for us. His tone is reverential, and we stare in respectful if slightly foggy fashion at the mason jar with a white…

FEATURE: THE VOICE OF FASHION/COMFORTWEAR: SLOUCHY ELEGANCE?

CENTRESTAGE / OPINION Cozycore’s Formula of Comfortwear by Sheila Kumar February 12, 2019 With cozycore officially anointed as trend of the season, where does that leave the woman on the street? They tell me cozycore is having a moment now. Of course, this less-than-stylish meld of comfortwear and style has been spotted on celebs everywhere for at…

FEATURE: MAGAZINE/TRAVEL TRAVAILS

SOCIETY Who wants my passport? JANUARY 05, 2019 Or why anyone who wants to break the travel jinx must travel more Put simply, something not-so-good happens on every trip I take abroad, which quickly turns the vacation into a not-so-good trip. It took a while for me to see the pattern; now I brace myself…

FEATURE: THE VOICE OF FASHION/THE KANJEEVARAM SARI

FABRIC OF INDIA / THE SOUTH INDIA EDIT The Body and Soul of the Kanjeevaram Sari by Sheila Kumar What’s changing, what never will, and why the Kanjeevaram is a power weave Sabita Radhakrishna has worked with textiles for well over 30 years now. An active member of the Crafts Council of India, she was…