Across India, a food yatra is documenting the traditions that recipes cannot capture

The Food Culture Yatra is travelling across India to document disappearing food traditions. Its findings reveal that it is not just recipes that are at risk; it is the way of reading landscapes, seasons, and community that binds themThe bread is born from embers. In parts of Mewar, Bhil women still bake maize bread over burning corn cobs, the dough wrapped in palash leaves, the maize grown from seeds saved within the family for generations.