Alexandra Domrongchai is a food and travel writer based out of New York. With years of experience in the restaurant industry, food culture research, and as an avid traveler, she joins Travel + Leisure ...

I grew up watching my aunts and mother gather on a veranda at my grandparents’ home to make garam masala, the warm, heady spice blend that powers a lot of South Asian cooking. They cleaned each spice ...

In our vibrant Indian cuisine, spices are the backbone that offers a beautiful blend of flavours. They transform simple ingredients into culinary art pieces. They add depth to the curries, give rich ...

Pumpkin pie spice is nice, if overexposed. But there’s another blend out there that deserves your attention. Allow me to introduce you to garam masala: It has all the things you love about the ...

India is the largest producer of garam masala in the world. As the birthplace of this iconic spice blend, India not only uses garam masala extensively in its own regional cuisines but also exports ...