Chef Damu is sort of a household name when it comes to home cooking tutorials. From teaching the secrets of Chettinad cuisine through television screens to whipping up some fun in comic cookery show ...

MY first taste of Chettinad cuisine was during a visit to South India almost two decades ago. A carnivorous teenager back then, I loved the variety of spicy meat dishes — a far cry from the standard ...

Kannathal Achi from Karaikudi is chirpy. Talking and cooking are her staples, she says. Sporting the chef cap, she pours a ladle full of batter into the hot pan and a perfectly round vellai appam ...