This labour-intensive dish has crossed empires, borders and belief systems, becoming a shared language of generosity around the world.
From flame-seared dishes in Mexico to avant-garde cooking in India, these six new restaurants are worth travelling for this year.
From "Venice of the East" to "lost civilisations", colonial-era travel metaphors still shape how some see non-Western places. But that language deserves a rethink.
For more than 700 years, an extraordinary tradition has been maintained in southern India, where grooms are presented with a parade of freshly prepared dishes by their mother-in-law.
From paneer wraps in India to ski-through burgers in Sweden, photojournalist Gary He's new book McAtlas shows that the world's most global chain is also one of the most local.
In the Moon-like landscape of Hanle, the jet-black skies reveal otherworldly starry skies that lure travellers from far and wide. But can locals preserve the natural darkness?
Nearly 1,000 Tolkien-esque megalithic chambers dot southern India's "Hill of the Dwarfs", and locals believe they were created by a supernatural race of "small people".
For centuries, the people of Odisha have turned to pakhala – a fermented rice dish – to beat the heat. Now it's gaining global attention.
In the male-dominated world of Delhi's kabootarbazi, one woman's passion for her birds has earned her respect, admiration – and a place in the sky.
