Los Angeles is a city proud of its spectacular range of ethnic foods and proud, too, that so much of it is authentic. When it comes to authenticity, however, a glaring exception is Indian curry. Oh, ...

While living in New York City, my grad school colleagues and I used to eat at least weekly at an inexpensive little Indian restaurant in the East Village called Curry Mahal. And,... While living in ...

Chef-owner Bobby Chhikara knows a thing or two about Indian cooking. An appetizer of spicy barbecue ribs has piquancy and tenderness. Hot garlic shrimp with a fire-charged white-wine butter sauce ...

My food needs are specific when I venture inside gas stations. I expect marginal coffee, Hostess Cherry pies (yum!), jerky, chips and, of course, microwave burritos. Nobody expects to get shrimp ...