Five writers reveal the yellow food that means the most to them.     

5 brilliant essays on the power of yellow food

Pineapple, despite its magical taste, is a flesh-eating monster

Good butter tastes of grass and air and freedom

Biryani is as comforting as a feather bed

Laddus aren’t just sweets. They represent sharing, giving, joy, love and family

My sister and I used to fight over the seed, the joy of nibbling at flesh left behind until we had sucked it dry

“Pineapple, despite its magical taste, is a flesh-eating monster.”