St. John’s, Antigua—On the grounds of the luxurious Weatherills Estate, a quiet kind of magic unfolded beneath the veranda’s shade. Flour-dusted hands and warm smiles guided an intimate roti-making ...
While eating bread may be the great cross-cultural common denominator, the art of bread making divides those who can from those who cannot. At a lefse-making party, my friend Paurvi Bhatt noticed that ...
Makki ki roti, a winter staple in North India, pairs well with sarson ka saag. Key tips for making it at home include using hot water for soft dough, adding natural binders, rolling between plastic ...
It’s the first question I typically ask when teaching cooking classes. Invariably, the answer is loud and unanimous. But, it’s always wrong. Most are quick to answer “naan.” Their faces fall when I ...
The inventors of a countertop roti-making machine are getting ready to introduce their creation to the North American market. Rotimatic, the first-of-its-kind robotic kitchen appliance that churns out ...
When one says roti, images of mothers and grandmothers rolling out smooth dough into perfect circles onto hot tawas come to mind. But roti has never been just bread. Its perfect circle has long ...
As we carom into the future, eyes blazing with neon heat and our minds racing through millions of permutations as the Matrix embeds itself into our brain stems I think we’re all going to get a little ...
Rashida Holmes first tasted a buttery, almost scallion-pancake-like roti during a trip to Barbados when she was 10 years old, and while the bread can take many forms, that paratha-style, laminated, ...