WHEN THE PANDEMIC derailed the 2020 launch of her restaurant, Cynthia Shanmugalingam jumped a plane from London to Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and spent months in a “marathon of writing, researching, learning ...

The video explores food culture in Jaffna, a northern Sri Lankan city known for its distinct Tamil culinary traditions. Local ...

Infused with complex spice blends and vibrant flavors, Sri Lankan cooking is unfamiliar to most Americans — there are few books on the subject. Novelist, academic and editor Mary Anne Mohanraj hopes ...

Even if you knew nothing about Vijaya, her haunting portrait would likely give you pause. She peers out of the page, unsmiling, her silver hair pulled back and her eyes conveying an unspoken anguish.

Combining Javanese, Malay, Indian, Arab, Portuguese, Dutch and British influences, the food of Sri Lanka is unique, spicy, fresh and often vegan-friendly. But it can be intimidating to navigate for ...

Mary Anne Mohanraj missed a lot of things when she went off to college, but the thing she was most homesick for was her mother's cooking. When her parents immigrated to Connecticut from Colombo, Sri ...

When Kolamba first opened in 2019, many diners who walked into the charming eatery in central London’s Soho district weren’t familiar with Sri Lankan cuisine. They thought it was just like Indian food ...

In the annals of food, time is reflected in evolving trends, changing predilections and quite often, the obliteration of recipes once considered sacrosanct in different communities. Sadly, there is ...

Sri Lankan Tamil cuisine derives its heat from the generous use of chillies both as dried chilli flakes as well as roasted and ground into curry powder. Like many other women, Malathy often sold ...