The Colonel came out of retirement to make KFC at the Kedzie Inn. OK, Thom Padanilam does not have an honorific title from the Indian state of Kerala. Someday, probably, but for now he’s back in the game as the boss man of Thommy’s Toddy Shop, the pandemic-born Malayali food pop-up and podi peddler he […]
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Thommy’s Toddy Shop has your Malayali condiment fix
A Superkhana International line cook’s pickle and popcorn seasoning side hustle
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Thattu, the city’s only Keralite restaurant, began with a biscuit
There’s a specialist in the cuisine of Kerala tucked inside the new West Loop food hall Politan Row.
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A (brief) guide to the food of Kerala
A selection of the southwestern Indian state’s greatest hits from Glenview’s Kairali Foods
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Discover the parallel cinema of southwestern India—and one of its most respected directors
Previewing a three-day symposium at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts