Join the Bags Packed Family as they explore the nightlife in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at Bamba Food Square—a lively destination ...

Chef O Tama Carey was serving dishes in her Sydney restaurant recently when a customer asked her a simple question: “What’s in the cashew curry?” “And I said, ‘Cashews. It’s a cashew curry.’ And they ...

Sri Lanka’s two main ethnic groups — the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils — have long had a contentious, violent relationship that’s seen civil wars and ethnic cleansing woven into the ...

Curated Cuisine is a monthly series examining all things edible, from the chefs cooking the food to the writers reviewing the recipes. Meet the people shaping the food industry, both local and ...

At the top of Point Pedro market, a few miles from my parents’ house at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, you’ll find a storey of fruit and vegetable sellers. In the airy building, some feet away from ...

After a morning of chopping cabbage and onions, the group of culinary students await instructions from Marya—a Tamil refugee—who’s showing them the ropes of Sri Lankan food. Blinded in one eye after ...

Lungi is, in the sense of being one-of-a-kind in Manhattan, unique, not just because it is Sri Lankan in character but because you simply will not find this kind of food anywhere but on Staten Island, ...