Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, British Indian chef Asma Khan win India-UK Achievers HonoursFilmmaker Zoya Akhtar and chef Asma Khan were among the winners of the India-UK Achievers Honours. Zoya Akhtar received the Living Legend A...
03 Mar, 2024, 04.47 PM IST
London's historic 70-yr-old India Club set to close amid hotel redevelopment plansThe India Club, a historic London restaurant with ties to India's struggle for independence, will close its doors due to a hotel redevelopm...
15 Sep, 2023, 10.18 AM IST
Kolkata: British Deputy High Commission hosts Great Indo-British Taste challengeThe market size, measured by revenue, of the full-service restaurants industry in the UK is £19.9bn in 2023. The market size, measured by r...
04 Feb, 2023, 08.15 PM IST
From Rampuri Crumb Chops to desi Worcester sauce, Khansamas in princely states first created fusion food in 1857In the East India Company era, the British happily ate Indian food, but this changed in 1857.
06 Nov, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
British Council and digital platform ArtBramha to showcase Indian arts & culture festsFestivals From India will focus on welcoming and celebrating gender equality, inclusivity, and skills development.
23 Apr, 2022, 08.00 PM IST
Foul food: Minding peas and cuesPeople discussing faggots on social media should be judged in context.
27 Feb, 2021, 10.09 AM IST
Why do chefs in India continue to serve imitationsWhy do chefs in India continue to serve so much pastiche on the plate while pretending it is original work? One reason is that audiences la...
30 Nov, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Is Indian food a collation of regional styles of cooking or is there a thread of commonality?If we seek to define Indian as a civilisational entity, how far do you go back in history to seek 'authenticity of cuisine'.
03 Nov, 2019, 10.02 AM IST
How crispy, Mughlai porotas made its way from sweaty Kolkata, Delhi streets to premium eateriesFrom the Awadhi parantha to the cafe versions, the flatbread reinvents itself.
30 Sep, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
From Kele ki Machhi to Dhoka: The faux meat dishes of Indian culinary traditionsThough purists have been ranting against faux meat dishes, in India, these dishes are well entrenched in our traditional kitchens.
06 May, 2018, 11.38 AM IST
Don't stir the chauvinism potBut we don't utter those devastating words 'cultural appropriation' every time we are offered some orangey hodgepodge redolent of garlic an...
02 Mar, 2017, 01.09 AM IST
Leaving the EU could mean the UK’s end: Faramerz DabhoiwalaDabhoiwala discussed Britain’s upcoming ‘Brexit’ vote, factors pushing the ‘Leave’ campaign, why exiting the EU could mean the collapse of ...
22 Jun, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
Our forefathers were Indians by origin: Fijian politician Faiyaz KoyaFaiyaz Koya, Minister for Industry & Trade and Tourism shares Fijian secrets.
25 Feb, 2016, 07.53 AM IST
Nawabi, Nizami, Mughal & Maratha: How kebabs represent a triumph of imaginative, inventive cookingNawabi, Nizami, Mughal and Maratha kebabs are back on fashionable menus. The story of dorrey & chapli, pathar & Bihari, and the mythic 300-...
30 Aug, 2015, 04.05 AM IST
More visibility for Non Resident Indians at London Pravasi Bharatiya DivasThe Indian community in the UK is excited over the opportunity to network and would also like to interact directly with Sushma Swaraj.
13 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
World on a platter: Culinary trails across the globeWe move from Indian sweet tooth indulgence, which will instantly ring a bell due to the festivities to edible choices on the international ...
12 Sep, 2013, 05.10 AM IST
- Deccan Queen to run sans pantry car
Snapping off culinary links with British India, the Railway Board has decided to withdraw the pantry car of the prestigious Pune-Mumbai tra...
18 May, 2007, 02.45 PM IST