Heat — that strange sense of pleasure and pain that comes from any number of spices added to a recipe — is a culinary tool that shows up in cuisines all over the world. It makes its presence felt in ...

Anokha isn’t the prettiest restaurant in town. The small, faintly lit, 36-seat room boasts bare beige burlap walls, a black ceiling, and … well that’s about it, other than shiny-top tables and wooden ...