Vikram Doctor

Editor, ET

Stories by the author

• Dry ice’s use, devised in India, pioneered culinary advancements

  
  07 Jun 2026 09:59 AM IST
• Food Fables: How secretarial jobs helped develop India’s hybrid food traditions

  
  01 Jun 2026 08:25 PM IST
• PM Modi’s gift fits a long tradition of political candy

  
  24 May 2026 08:51 AM IST
• How roofs can shelter and support cooking

  
  17 May 2026 09:55 AM IST
• Bollywood pops up a centennial tribute to toasters

  
  10 May 2026 09:09 AM IST
• The story of the cooks of Chernobyl, 40 years later

  
  03 May 2026 11:24 AM IST
• How gentleman’s relish sold smelly fish with snobbery

  
  26 Apr 2026 08:36 AM IST
• The Role of diplomatic dining at international summits

  
  19 Apr 2026 10:14 AM IST
• How wooden barrels shaped liquid history from oil to feni

  
  12 Apr 2026 09:59 AM IST
• Food trees have great potential, but need skills to maintain them

  
  09 Apr 2026 06:12 PM IST
• Len Deighton’s lessons for espionage came from the kitchen

  
  05 Apr 2026 08:33 AM IST
• The LPG crunch and the importance of diversifying fuel sources

  
  22 Mar 2026 09:51 AM IST
• The lessons to learn from icmic and induction cookers

  
  15 Mar 2026 08:22 AM IST
• The fortunes of canned food are linked to those of war

  
  08 Mar 2026 09:44 AM IST
• Global deals for pulses could marginalise Indian varieties

  
  01 Mar 2026 09:23 AM IST
• Goan Urrak, Korean Soju and the potential of low-alcohol spirits

  
  22 Feb 2026 11:43 PM IST
• KT Achaya’s book on food, shows the value of indexing

  
  15 Feb 2026 11:42 AM IST
• Favourite foods and funeral feasts

  
  08 Feb 2026 09:24 AM IST
• How the French revolution helped develop both restaurants and dentistry

  
  01 Feb 2026 11:10 AM IST
• How US meddling in Venezuela helped pioneer a poultry revolution

  
  24 Jan 2026 11:00 PM IST
• Comics shaped healthy marketing, but failed with Scott Adams

  
  18 Jan 2026 09:24 AM IST
• New Year is a good time to detox with grain teas

  
  11 Jan 2026 09:28 AM IST
• How Chennai’s music season also celebrates food

  
  04 Jan 2026 09:51 AM IST
• How Twixmas travellers can learn food hacks from prisoners

  
  28 Dec 2025 10:14 AM IST
• Skewering the tandoor: Why Delhi’s ban misses the point as pollution chokes the city

  
  28 Dec 2025 07:54 AM IST
• Food Fables : Can tax evasion promote snail consumption in India?

  
  22 Dec 2025 11:50 AM IST
• A chocolate that reminds us that taste and texture must combine

  
  21 Dec 2025 09:20 AM IST
• How Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky created real change in kitchens

  
  07 Dec 2025 09:19 AM IST
• Food Fables: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro and The Book of Worst Meals

  
  01 Dec 2025 07:52 PM IST
• From cranberries to dairy: Why UNESCO recognised the cooperative model as cultural heritage

  
  22 Nov 2025 11:38 PM IST
• Lemon tea and the taste of work

  
  16 Nov 2025 09:47 AM IST
• Zohran Mamdani’s cardamom-flavoured campaign

  
  09 Nov 2025 09:27 AM IST
• Sweets, swans, and prejudices against foreigners

  
  02 Nov 2025 10:35 AM IST
• TT Jagannathan and how an adapted pasta maker made fryums generic

  
  26 Oct 2025 09:55 AM IST
• What Gandhi learned about vegetarianism in a London restaurant

  
  19 Oct 2025 09:05 AM IST
• Chasing the allure of autumn through Darjeeling Flush

  
  12 Oct 2025 09:51 AM IST
• How Alaska Pollock became part of international disputes

  
  05 Oct 2025 09:54 AM IST
• Tracing McDonald’s global popularity through the Filet-o-Fish

  
  28 Sep 2025 09:23 AM IST
• On the road again: How taxi drivers find food

  
  21 Sep 2025 09:16 AM IST
• When power drives past: VIP convoys, accidents, and the anger they spark

  
  21 Sep 2025 08:41 AM IST
• How a British railway sojourn 200 years ago changed our lives

  
  14 Sep 2025 06:07 PM IST
• How food and gambling share roots in human history

  
  07 Sep 2025 11:13 AM IST
• Coconuts from India have fuelled a centuries-old trade

  
  31 Aug 2025 05:59 PM IST
• How nigerseed fuels humanity’s urge to feed birds

  
  24 Aug 2025 07:42 PM IST
• Flat and fabulous: Why UFO peaches deserve a bigger bite in India

  
  17 Aug 2025 08:28 PM IST
• How caste shaped the rise of Maharajs in Indian kitchens

  
  10 Aug 2025 07:00 PM IST
• Chronicling a community’s culinary traditions through the pages of a magazine

  
  03 Aug 2025 05:10 PM IST
• Why India’s potato production misses out on its true potential despite being a global giant

  
  27 Jul 2025 06:50 PM IST