Zones

The world’s cooking, mapped by flavour rather than border — each zone a kitchen with its own pantry and logic, indifferent to the lines on any map. The atlas fills in zone by zone; begin with the ones already drawn.

  • River Delta — Bengal: mustard, hilsa, the bitter-to-sweet table.
  • Silk Road Table — Afghanistan and the Khyber: lamb, dried fruit, the tandoor. (coming soon)
  • Balochistan — the southwest deserts: slow pit-roast, restraint, few spices. (coming soon)
  • Indus Plains — Sindh and southern Punjab: asafoetida, amchur, bold whole spice. (coming soon)
  • Kashmir — the Vale: wazwan, saffron, Kashmiri chilli, fennel. (coming soon)
  • The Mughal Corridor — Punjab to Delhi: cream-and-nut gravies, rose, the slow dum.
  • Himalayan Corridor — Himachal to the Jammu hills: buckwheat, curd, the dham. (coming soon)
  • Tibetan Sphere — Ladakh to Bhutan: momo, barley, butter tea. (coming soon)
  • Terai & Valley Floors — Kathmandu and the Newari table: pickle, beaten rice, buffalo. (coming soon)
  • Gangetic Heartland — Bihar and the eastern plains: mustard oil, sattu, litti. (coming soon)

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