Garden & Gun

Oh My Bird

Meherwan Irani had his first taste of duck while visiting his brother in Australia in 2005. “It was a near religious experience,” says the executive chef and co-owner of the Chai Pani Restaurant Group and the spice company Spicewalla. “We went to a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant known for its crispy duck. I was in awe of the shatteringly crisp skin paired with the

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