What: Masala Meanders culinary tours, visit the website here or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , customised tours available for groups of four or more, price on request.

Why: Conceptualised by food blogger Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal in collaboration with her family’s travel agency, these half-day tours take you through vegetable markets and spice lanes, a utensil maker’s workshop and grain-grinder’s wheel. Your hungry bum is then deposited at an authentic little restaurant or kitchen where you learn home-style cooking. Also sign up for the month-long food journey across India, coming up in February 2011.

When: You want a delicious caper. Schedule for half-day tours goes up on November 10.