Naga chilli makes its case for a GI tag as demand grows in Europe
The king chilli — bhut jolokia, the pepper that once scorched its way into the Guinness…
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From bamboo shoot to smoked pork — the Northeast on a plate.
Meghalaya’s first organic market in Shillong sells out in two hours
The farmers who set up under a tarpaulin in Shillong’s polo ground on Saturday morning were…
Nagaland’s millet revival: a lost grain returns to Naga plates
The millets that fed Naga villages for generations were pushed aside by rice and instant noodles…
Tripura’s tea gardens of the hills: a lesser-known brew finds its market
The tea gardens of Dhalai district, planted in the 1960s and long treated as a poor…
Mizoram’s whisky goes global: a small distillery’s journey from Aizawl to Amsterdam
The craft distillery outside Champhai began as a bet on Mizoram’s rice surplus: distil the excess…
The Sikkim tea of Temi: a single estate’s quiet legend
Perched at 6,000 feet above the Teesta valley, the Temi tea estate is one of the…
Nagaland’s first legal distillery: a Naga rice spirit with a protected name
For generations, Naga homes brewed zu — the rice beer that lubricates every festival and negotiation…
The Shillong street food map: where the city’s night kitchens live
Shillong’s night kitchens — the family-run stalls that feed the city after dark with smoked pork,…
The Naga dish that defines a festival: smoked pork and the calculus of feasting
At the Hornbill Festival’s food village, one stall reliably draws the longest queue: the smoked pork,…
The Sikkim winter table: thukpa, momos and the food that holds the cold
In Sikkim’s winter, when the valley fog rolls in by four, the kitchen is the warmest…