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French gastronomy, mon ami, resides in Lyon’s dens and bouchonsLyon stands as the undisputed capital of French gastronomy. Its rich culinary heritage, shaped by generations of women known as the 'Meres ...
When in Rome: Budapest pizzeria offers time-travel twist with ancient Rome-inspired pieA pizzeria in Budapest is offering a limited-edition “ancient Roman” pizza made only with ingredients available two millennia ago, long bef...
How was Rome’s most iconic fish sauce made? Scientists decode 2,000-year-old DNA to reconstruct garumScientists have unlocked the secrets of ancient Roman cuisine. They identified fish used in 'garum', a popular Roman fish sauce. DNA analys...
India and Turkey’s crossed connections in food and historyIndia and Turkey share a rich yet complicated history shaped by their Turkic roots, with the Ottoman and Mughal empires influencing their r...
Queen Elizabeth II, Lata Mangeshkar, Bob Saget & Betty Davis: Remembering influential people who we lost in 2022Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2022.
Myths of the West, spices of the East & the question of purityThe West’s embrace of Japanese cuisine as the one acceptable Asian option, though it conveniently ignores Japan’s many strongly-flavoured f...
An ode to the timeless asafoetidaA resin-like extract from a plant of the celery family native to Iran and Afghanistan, hing or asafoetida is an ancient spice.
From ordinary omelette to Nawabi delicacy 'nargisi kofte', here's how eggs evolved on India's platterThe Nawabi delicacy from Lucknow has boiled eggs enclosed in mince.
50 mn Indians to travel overseas in 2019: World Tourism OrganisationAccording to the UN World Tourism Organisation, 50 million Indians will travel overseas in 2019, up from 23 million in 2017.
India’s food politics and how it was capable of caste promotionIn India, food has always been a bone of contention, a political hot potato, a means to curry favour.
The story of food and football in RussiaAny major sporting event like the World Cup is, when conducted by an authoritarian state, an exercise in the bread-and-circuses approach to...
Planning a vacation? Here is the list of 7 must-visit places of 2017The World Travel & Tourism Council estimates that expenditure on outbound travel in India will touch Rs 1,60,500 crore in 2024, up from Rs ...
South Lebanon: Cosmopolitan character and multicultural legacyLebanon is an Arab country coloured by Western influences which gives it a cosmopolitan character and a multicultural legacy.
- A journey to New York
The thought of going abroad for the first time — that too, to the Big Apple – sure was exciting. But I was also apprehensive.
- Seville: Synthesis of Islamic, Christian cultures
ET Travel found Seville to be a harmonious synthesis of Islamic and Christian cultures, and a tapestry of the old world and the new.
- History in the snickelways
A city with an extraordinary past, York’s charm lies in the ease with which it wears history on its sleeve while keeping pace with the pres...
- Welsh charm
Within easy reach of London, we found there’s more to Cardiff than its given credit for.