The Year in Food 2006

From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.

I’m having company and thought the various textures and flavors of chaat would make it the ideal vegetarian hors d’oeuvres. I planned on making a platter of papri chaat or perhaps sev puri with streaks of coriander...

i’ve been trekking out to jersey to get chaat and i was wondering if anyone can suggest a good and closer alternative. 6th st is mostly (if not all)northern indian and i can’t find anything on lex. . . thanks!

Hi,I’m going to Sacramento today and would love to eat at a South Indian chaat house. Can someone recommend a good cafe or restaurant? I have a craving for pani puri. Thanks.

Looking for a chaat cafe I went to in Midtown—Indian mixed plate/fast food. In the 40’s, slightly eat of Times Square. Looked for it tonight but couldn’t find it. Anyone know what I’m talking about? Or any...

Hello all, In the NYT today there’s an article about the famed chaat's of india, and how one can find delectable ones here stateside, in the NY/NJ area... SO, what about in Boston? Anyone know which Indian restaurants here...

Need best authentic Indian Chaat place (North Indian style) in DC/MD/VA. Any suggestion? Usually Chaat place has Pani Puri(Gol Guppe), Tikki, Dahi Vada etc. and ofcourse they are spicy and hot. (If my wife approves the place, I...

I’m not a frequent Indian food eater, but in Queens this weekend, the NY hounds introduced me to something that could change this, that delightful snack known as chaat. Anyplace in the area where I can get this?

What a surprise and pleasure at Chaat Cafe in Berkeley. I ordered the tandoori chicken wrapped in naan with tomato, cucumber, and mint chutney. What a harmony of flavors. Fit for a raj – although wraps technically did not...

Found myself on University ave in Berkeley yesterday, hungry and across the street from Chaat Cafe. Curiosity and the recent thread about how lousy Breads of India is piqued my interest, so I went in for a bite. Got the Aloo...

My family lives in san francisco and raves about this place, has anyone vistied the Plano Location on Preston rd. Any Suggestions? They got a glowing endorsement from D magazine. I’m gonna go check it out this weekend and...

Chaat, tasty Indian snacks, of excellent quality can be had from several establishments around town.

Stopped by the Chaat Cafe on 3rd/Folsom today and had papri chaat for the first time and now have a new favorite hot weather treat. A bowl of yogurt, potato batons, garbanzo beans, tamarind sauce, powdered spice mix, and crunchy...

A second Chaat Cafe in Fremont opened last week at the south end of town. Guess this speaks to the size and spending power of the South Asian population in this corner of the Bay Area. This was my first visit to any in this local...

The basic mixtures of spices essential to Indian cookery are called masala, from an Arabic word meaning seasonings.