Combining Javanese, Malay, Indian, Arab, Portuguese, Dutch and British influences, the food of Sri Lanka is unique, spicy, fresh and often vegan-friendly. But it can be intimidating to navigate for ...
The weekend is right here, and so are our cravings for all things delicious. It's a time when we feel like pampering ourselves and fulfilling our deepest foodie desires. While some prefer to stick to ...
In Sri Lanka, the sea offers up its treasures in spectacular form - giant crab claws turned into playful delicacies and ...
The timing couldn’t have been more poignant. Here I was, spending the last few days engrossed in this wonderful cookbook-cum-memoir called Rambutan by Cynthia Shanmugalingam, hungrily taking in every ...
WHEN THE PANDEMIC derailed the 2020 launch of her restaurant, Cynthia Shanmugalingam jumped a plane from London to Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and spent months in a “marathon of writing, researching, learning ...
Zinara Rathnayake is a writer based in India and Sri Lanka with bylines in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, Atlas Obscura, and others. Her work largely focuses on travel, food, and culture, among others.
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