Gallery | Shivani Unakar

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Shivani Unakar

A dacade-long journey through fields, markets, kitchens, and plates

Vegetable vendors at KR Market, Bangalore

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Hosting my video podcast, The Food Web: Mapping Careers in the Food Industry

Ingredients purchased from Bara Bazar, locally known as Iuwduh, in Shillong, Meghalaya.

Learning about wild vegetables like the wild bitter gourd or Jungli Karela, in the desert of Kutch, Gujarat.

Women selling fresh shucked shellfish in the coastal town of Karwar, Karnataka

A meal with my host family in the Ribhoi district of Meghalaya. On the table: curry of paddy field crabs, fried silkworms, colocasia stem salad and rice.

A traditional breakfast at my friend's home in Meghalaya. On the table: black tea, boiled sweet potato and biscuits.

A workshop on baking bread with children in my community, to inspire a love for cooking.

A meal at the home of woodworking artisans, in Kutch, Gujarat

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Invited to dinner at the home of a veteran handloom weaver in Kutch, Gujarat

A woman selling heirloom vegetable seeds in the weekly village market or haat in Umroi, Meghalaya

A meal at my friend's home in Shillong, Meghalaya. On the table: pork curry, salad of fiddlehead ferns and bee larvae, chutneys, and rice.

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