It looks brand new, but Wazwan has been around for decades. Credits: Photo by Darryl Barnes Compared to just five years ago, Public Market Emeryville looks nearly unrecognizable. Back then, it was ...

As the marriage season peaks in Kashmir this autumn, the traditional Kashmiri Wazwan cuisine is being savoured at marriage parties with gusto these days. Traditional local chefs, called Wazas, who ...

Zubair Mohajir found out he was a semifinalist for a James Beard Award while driving his son to school. “Honestly, I was dragging my kid to school when my phone blew up,” Mohajir said. “I got so many ...

Wazwan is a multi-course meat-heavy meal in Kashmiri cuisine primarily served during Kashmiri weddings and festivals. Due to the expertise required to prepare Wazwan, it is difficult to find outside ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

It hasn’t invaded Calcutta’s culinary culture in a way South Indian, Hyderabadi or even Rajasthani cuisine have. But Wazwan ? the traditional cuisine of Kashmir ? is slowly trickling into our gourmet ...

The December 1955 Kashmir visit by Nikita S. Khrushchev, the then first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, and Nikolai A. Bulgania, the former Soviet Premier, was a momentous occasion in the ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Curating a wedding banquet is no mean feat, especially when it comes to Kashmiri wazwan. “At least 30 lamb dishes are placed here,” a khansama (cook) once told this reporter at a Kashmiri wedding—a ...

Any reference to the Kashmiri cuisine will invariably bring to mind Wazwan. But as connoisseurs of good food are aware, there's a mind-boggling variety of traditional bakery products available in the ...

Kashmir may be a political hotspot but its signature wazwan cuisine - a spread of at least 40, mostly spicy, non-vegetarian dishes - can make any bitterness dissipate and leave you licking your ...