Madhur Jaffrey’s Undefinable Roles

“I haven’t given you anything particularly Indian today,” Ms. Jaffrey said, warming a chicken biryani in her kitchen in Hillsdale, New York, the small town upstate where she and her husband, the violinist Sanford Allen, live most of the year when not at their Manhattan apartment. They purchased the property, which is decorated with artwork…

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Diwali Sweets for All

While the soup simmers, you could bake a not-too-sweet cornbread to serve alongside, or a sweeter, moist-centered pumpkin bread (which is really cake, who are we kidding?). Or these savory four-cheese flatbreads, which come together quickly using premade naan, flatbread or pita. The recipe calls for corn kernels (fresh, or frozen and thawed), but you…

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