Speaking of big vats of yellow liquid, I adore this Youtube series called “Big Batches,” and this one might be my favorite: “How 150,000 People Are Fed For Onam In Kerala, India” If you asked five-year-old me how a kitchen could feed thousands and thousands of people, I would definitely have imagined the immense brass pots and mountains of cut-up vegetables from this Keralese kitchen. Maybe I wouldn’t have imagined that they would be tended by buff, shirtless guys. But how great to see these men cooking in socialist Kerala—like a vision of a different future. Plus, who doesn’t love seeing papadam instantly puff up.
