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Field notes, producer stories and ingredient explainers.

Written from the districts, about the things that decide whether produce reaches a market worth the growing.

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Traditional steamed rice cakes served on a leaf-lined cane basket
Ingredient
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Why Kalajeera never travelled

A short-grain aromatic that outperforms basmati in the pot, and why it never made it out of Kandhamal.

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Harvest notes

Seasonal availability, new lines and Myerecommends invitations. No noise.