THE LIVING NETWORK
Food walks, hosted by gastronomes.
A growing roster of resident practitioners — home cooks, historians, farmers, chefs — who open their cities to small groups. Knowledge from practitioners, never from a script.
Browse Food walks
MEET THE GASTRONOMES
The people behind the walks.

Chennai
Laxmi Iyer
Tamil Brahmin Home Cooking
Three generations of Iyer kitchen knowledge, taught at her mother's table.

Old Delhi
Anwar Khan
Mughal spice trade & memory
Food historian, walks the Khari Baoli market like a second language.

Goa
Rohan Periyar
Coastal Catholic kitchens
Chef-host running a beach kitchen out of his grandmother's recipe book.

Goa
Rohan Periyar
Coastal Catholic kitchens
Chef-host running a beach kitchen out of his grandmother's recipe book.

Goa
Rohan Periyar
Coastal Catholic kitchens
Chef-host running a beach kitchen out of his grandmother's recipe book.
BECOME A GASTRONOMES
Host a walk in your city.
If you carry a tradition — by birth, by craft, by years of paying attention — we'd like to meet you. Culinary Monk provides structure, visibility, and bookings. You bring the knowledge.
Locals with deep, specific food knowledge
Chefs, home cooks, historians, farmers, traders
Comfortable hosting small groups (4–10)



