Kitchens of Memory and Migration

Oman's food isn't about foreignness, it's about familiar things told in a different voice

- By TEJASHEE KASHYAP

Some places don't shout for your attention. They simply linger like saffron on the tongue or rosewater in the air. Oman is one of them. A land of shadowed mountains and terracotta dunes, this Arabian peninsula offers something subtler than spectacle. Its cuisine is no different: a quiet, complex layering of histories, spices, and centuries-old trade routes that still season every bite.