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Weekend Project: Home Cooking During COVID-19

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Drink

Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

The new year calls for embracing a new way of thinking—and healthy recipes to go with it.

Try This Creamy Avocado Shake to Jumpstart Your New Year  

Veg Table

Eat clean with these vegan- and vegetarian-friendly recipes, and discover the top-rated plant-based food and drink spaces.

Veg Table: Healthy Recipes & Plant-Based Champions - Thrillist

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Braised tofu and mushrooms in a ginger-scallion sauce from Jeeca Uy’s Vegan Asian is a recipe so full of umami, you’ll forget all about meaty fried rice.

How 2021 Became the Year of the Global Vegan Cookbook

The Global Table

From sushi and tamale how-tos to crispy catfish and vegetarian congee recipes to tips on mixing cocktails like a pro and mastering imperfect presentation, here’s how to throw your own globally inspired holiday potluck this year.

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The best part about saag is the first splutter of cumin or mustard seeds crackling in lugs of clarified butter.

Make Indian Saag Into a Vegan Dish With a Few Easy Steps

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There is one thing about Diwali that I love the most—it’s literally “lit.”

Indian Chefs Share Their Favorite Diwali Snacks and Traditions

Pantry Goals

From the best recommendations at Trader Joe's and Aldi to our favorite products at global markets, these stories provide you with all the inspiration you need for your next grocery trip.

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I loved Netflix’s original Never Have I Ever.

The Best Snacks and Drinks to Buy at an Indian Grocery Store

Summer means many things: melty scoops of ice cream, lazy days by the pool, fresh florals, and, if certain internet trends are to be believed, then it means eating tinned fish and calling it “hot girl summer.”

The 8 Indian Simmer Sauces That Belong in Every American Kitchen

I like to think of koshimbir as a vegetarian ceviche.

Weekend Project: Make the Refreshing Indian Salad Koshimbir

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As India strives to fight back the second wave of COVID-19, many Indian food brands decided to pay back.

Here Are 8 Indian Food Brands You Can Support to Aid COVID-19 Relief

Indian cuisine has very little to do with pasta or noodles.

Weekend Project: Use This Nepalese Noodle Packet for a Perfect Weeknight Dinner

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Take an ice cream from one culture to another, and while its form remains unchanged, its flavors will give you a peek into what is important for that particular cuisine.

Weekend Project: Experimenting with Indian Ice Cream

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My relationship with panki is a bit like my relationship with sourdough.

Weekend Project: Why Panki Is One of the Most Nuanced Indian Dishes of All Time

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When it comes to biryanis, one size doesn’t fit it all, and depending on which part of India you are in, a different biryani will greet you in every nook.

Sonal’s Recent Articles

Try This Creamy Avocado Shake to Jumpstart Your New Year

Embrace the world of Ayurveda with these healthy recipes.

How 2021 Became the Year of the Global Vegan Cookbook

From Peruvian to Indian to Korean, plant-based recipes are more tradition than trend.

Make Indian Saag Into a Vegan Dish With a Few Easy Steps

Chef Romy Gill shares her recipe for dairy-free greens.

Indian Chefs Share Their Favorite Diwali Snacks and Traditions

Make masala pinwheels or cheese gujiya to celebrate the Hindu festival.

The Best Snacks and Drinks to Buy at an Indian Grocery Store

From mango juice to masala noodles to dairy milk chocolate.

The 8 Indian Simmer Sauces That Belong in Every American Kitchen

Just add fluffy rice, your favorite protein, or pickle and papad.

Weekend Project: Make the Refreshing Indian Salad Koshimbir

Chef Smita Deo shares a recipe from the coastal corners of India.

Here Are 8 Indian Food Brands You Can Support to Aid COVID-19 Relief

From shopping for teas to pre-ordering a cookbook, here’s how you can help.

Weekend Project: Use This Nepalese Noodle Packet for a Perfect Weeknight Dinner

Lal aloo Wai Wai is unlike any other dish from desi kitchens.

Weekend Project: Experimenting with Indian Ice Cream

There's nothing vanilla about them.

Weekend Project: Why Panki Is One of the Most Nuanced Indian Dishes of All Time

My long road to cracking the recipe so you don’t have to.

A Biryani Pilgrimage Through India with 3 Classic Recipes

And this is just the tip of the iceberg.