Category Food

SWEET SIGNIFICANCE

This delectable jigsaw of desserts showcases a bold intersection of ancient Indian sweet-making traditions and flavour wizardry. Together, the country’s master halwais and culinary innovators are presenting nostalgia, and heritage on a storied platter of indulgence. By stripping away what’s artificial and honouring age-old goodness, they have been transforming traditional mithai offerings into edible art, with a heart. MOSAIC’s considered curation is an invitation for the conscious connoisseur to sample a sweet passage to India’s cherished festive memories

WORDS by ABHAY SOLOMAN

Tari – The Taste of India

The Taste of India

Reviving authentic Indian food traditions and cultures that fit snugly into mainstream discourse, Chef Unnati Gupta’s unique, experiential catering brand Tari is serving nostalgia and heritage with every meal,
By Sharmi Adhikary

Aprajita Bansal’s battle for honest food at Phal Phool

Aprajita Bansal founder of Phal Phool

In the mist-shrouded hills of Himachal Pradesh, where apple orchards cling to steep slopes like nature’s own rebellion against gravity, Phal Phool took root not from a glossy business plan, but from a daughter’s quiet fury at a broken system. Aprajita Bansal, the self-proclaimed “favourite farmer girl” behind it all, never set out to launch a food venture. She was an IT engineer hustling in Noida’s corporate world, far from the family farm where her parents toiled year-round. But one supermarket sticker on apples at ₹360 a kilo flipped a switch. Why, she wondered, did city shoppers pay a fortune, while her folks scraped by at ₹30-40 in the local mandi?