Cross-cultural interactions make identities fluid and in diasporic fiction where one hangs between two worlds belonging to none, food becomes one of the prominent socio-cultural markers affecting and creating life. Food, beyond its overtly materialistic characteristics stand for many a thing we are often unaware of. It is not just about eating or energy supplement but more about connecting lives, people, culture, traditions, and differences. Terry Eagleton draws a subtle connection between eating and writing while A.K. Ramanujan posits that food comprises of an alternative system of signification contributing to the literary world. Food is the trope through which women conceive, materialize, and experience their identity stories. It can even be considered as a transgressive symbol for women writers, writing about food seems to cross the threshold, the boundaries of kitchen. Cooking and sharing meals become significant avenues for passing down heirloom, often an honest endeavour to make younger generations know the importance of traditional dishes. Not only that the characters negotiate their dual identities with food. On one hand a strong repugnance to native food and on another hand parents’ compulsion on having them make them negotiate this double standard behaviour. Women writers’ growing interest in food narratives give them a space where they can substantiate their individuality and arbitrate the relationship of food with their ethnicity. Food fiction establishes a cross-cultural bonding between generations moving towards transnational perspectives embracing diversity. Not only this, food is rich in sensory experiences and its expressions can evoke strong emotions. Food can be an expression of joy, longing, nostalgia, sorrow contributing to the emotional depth of the narrative.