Category Food

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?

Bogusia Dhingra – Green journey of food for soul to food for thought.

MOSAIC had the chance to connect with BogusiaDhingra, a Polish woman who has made India her home and married into the Dhingra family which has a valued legacy in confectionery that stands out for its soul-rich patisserie and foods. We visited Alma Bakery and Café
located in sector 104, Noida to meet with its co-founder Bogusia. The name “Alma” is
significant, meaning “soul” in Spanish, encapsulating the café’s ethos: a soulful journey of food nourishing both the body and the spirit.