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Home » Kerala

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Posted inFood & Drink

Like a blazing fried chicken, Thommy’s Toddy Shop rises from the ashes at the Next Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula July 26, 2022August 1, 2022

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 […]

Coco Podi and Tomato Thokku, Thommy's Toddy Shop
Posted inFood & Drink

Thommy’s Toddy Shop has your Malayali condiment fix

by Mike Sula March 24, 2021August 18, 2021

A Superkhana International line cook’s pickle and popcorn seasoning side hustle

Posted inFood & Drink

Thattu, the city’s only Keralite restaurant, began with a biscuit

by Mike Sula June 13, 2019August 18, 2021

There’s a specialist in the cuisine of Kerala tucked inside the new West Loop food hall Politan Row.

Posted inFood & Drink

A (brief) guide to the food of Kerala

by Mike Sula June 6, 2019August 18, 2021

A selection of the southwestern Indian state’s greatest hits from Glenview’s Kairali Foods

Posted inBlogs

Discover the parallel cinema of southwestern India—and one of its most respected directors

by Ben Sachs April 10, 2013August 19, 2021

Previewing a three-day symposium at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts

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Keralite food video montage

by Mike Sula January 15, 2009August 19, 2021

A Keralite video montage

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