Reading List (2017)

If you're looking for a way to spend the winter holidays, catching up on everything I've had in my head, here's the top picks for me from 2017 on my #SabziMandi:

WATCH:

1. Al Jazeera: "As Peru struggles to define its modern self, are the country's culinary traditions the key to a better future?"

2. TEDEd: "What would happen if the world went vegetarian?"

3. BBC News: "Bunny Chow, the Indian dish you can find only in South Africa"

READ:

1. The Guardian: "A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate" & "A beginner’s guide to pickling"

2. The New Yorker: "Lake Chad: The World’s Most Complex Humanitarian Disaster"

3. NatGeo: "Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq"

4. Scroll: "A Garo woman’s YouTube channel is exploring North Eastern cuisine, one tribal kitchen at a time" & "‘Pastry is like chemistry’: A French bakery in Srinagar perfects new confections in a lab"

5. Roads & KIngdoms: "Pakistan's Martha Stewart", "Jerusalem's Ethiopian Eats", "The King of Ful", "Shabbat in Zimbabwe"; "The Quest for the Perfect Mango Knows No Borders"

7. Saveur: "A Beginner's Guide to Jollof Rice, the Essential Dish of West Africa", "A Cruise Ship Chef’s Favorite Ports Around The World", "The Man Behind India's Favorite Snack Foods", "Inside The Sikh Temple Serving 10,000 Free Meals A Day"

8. Chai Khana: "Azerbaijan’s Economy Goes Nuts"

9. Civil Eats: "Making the Case for Lentils"

10. UNDP: "A vegetable to root for"

11. Parts Unknown: "How To Make Rice Like An Iranian" & "Recipe: Ab-Doogh-Khiar"

12. The Sourdough School: "The History Of Sourdough Bread"

13. The Madras Courier: "The Multicultural Mithai"

14. UN World Food Programme: "The True Cost of a Plate of Food Around the World" & "Making home-grown school meals in Bhutan"

15. The Nation: "How Food Brought an Unlikely Group of Syrian Refugees Together"

15. Munchies, Vice: "Why Watermelons Are a Symbol of Political Protest for Palestinians"

16. Homegrown: "This Was The Maharaja Of Baroda's Dinner Party Menu From 1897"

17. Dawn: "Inside a Goan Kitchen in Karachi"

18. The Salt, NPR: "A Granddaughter's Powerful Love Story, Told Through An Indian Cookbook"

19. Eat & Dust: "‘Old Delhi’ Cheesecake"

20. NY Times: "A Taste of Indian Nostalgia Finds an Eager Audience"

LISTEN:

1. NPR: "War And Peace And Cows"

2. BuzzFeed’s See Something Say Something to learn about food fads and the reappropriation of global cuisines. Also, on the Ethiopian Bunna ceremony here.