Food - The NorthEast Stories

Holding On to Heritage: Food, Fabric, and the Dimasa Way of Life

Hoihnu Hauzel - August 7, 2025

Some days, you are likely to find Avantika Haflongbar pounding a fiery chutney made from sun-dried fish,...

Hoihnu Hauzel - July 31, 2025

In the highlands of Meghalaya, food is not just nourishment, it's inheritance. The rhythms of Khasi and...

Hoihnu Hauzel - July 29, 2025

There’s an old photo of her small, focused, and standing on a kitchen stool, grating cheese beside...

Abhilasha Ojha - May 2, 2014

A clutch of food enthusiasts are working overtime to ensure that Northeastern cuisine reaches out to people...

Sandhya Joshi, Corporate Trainer - March 19, 2014

Food is a big deal for people in the Northeast. And since I grew up in Manipur,...

Sabyasachi Gorai - January 29, 2014

Northeast is a storehouse of nature’s abundance. I discovered this by chance when my quest for new...

Sharmin Pasha - January 7, 2014

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is...