Long before non-stick pans and induction came into existence, Pongal was cooked where the harvest belonged - outdoors, under the open sky, in clay pots that breathed with the fire beneath them. The ...

Some couples are forgoing traditional catering for food cooked over an open flame. One benefit: instant conversation starter. By Sylvie Florman The morning of her wedding last March, Kyra Hodes woke ...