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  • But Where Is the Rice? Explaining Raclette to My Indian Parents

    But Where Is the Rice? Explaining Raclette to My Indian Parents

    It is November in Beaune, which means the raclette machine has come out of the cupboard and nobody in this house is pretending otherwise. There… Read more.

  • Who Gets to Call It French?

    Who Gets to Call It French?

    A few days ago I posted a carousel on Instagram, about Henry Sidambarom, the son of a Tamil sugar worker who spent nearly twenty years… Read more.

  • India’s Chinatown, Tibetan Kitchens, and the Curry Powder Myth

    India’s Chinatown, Tibetan Kitchens, and the Curry Powder Myth

    Chinatown is one of my favourite places in India. Whenever I tell people about its history, or simply that a Chinatown exists in India at… Read more.

Mohona Chowdhury

Wine is not just a drink. It is a landscape, a season, a story and I am here to tell it.

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“A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.”

— Louis Pasteur

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  • But Where Is the Rice? Explaining Raclette to My Indian Parents

    Nov 3, 2026
  • Who Gets to Call It French?

    Oct 7, 2026
  • India’s Chinatown, Tibetan Kitchens, and the Curry Powder Myth

    Sep 8, 2026

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