Pao with a Side of History
(WorldNews Health)

How does one fully convey the effort that goes into perfecting the craft of Goan pao-making? In the months leading up to the Serendipity Arts Festival, which began yesterday in Panjim, Goa, restaurateur Prahlad Sukhtankar posed this question to himself a number of times. He did this, Sukhtankar says, because even something that is as ubiquitous as the humble pao is in Goa, deserves the kind of appreciation that we typically reserve for more `exotic` foods. `The pao is part of the staple Goan diet, and yet how many people know the number of years that it takes to perfect this? You can´t understand the craft of the culinary arts unless you´re willing to go back to the basics. Sometimes, that...