India's diverse culinary heritage needs protection from globalization. The article proposes a system of geographical indication and standar...

The piece questions whether a state agency like the National Institute of Nutrition should dictate the content of traditional foods, arguin...

The first consignment of the world’s hottest pepper is off from Nagaland to London

Kulchas are to Amritsar what croissants are to Paris. Every hole-in-the-wall eatery has its own version.

From millets to bathua, jhakia to lal saag, interest in local ingredients, organic produce and sustainable dining is at a high.

Indian cuisines are a function of geography, history and sociology. Factors like region, religion, caste and class have all gone into the m...

Indian cuisine is becoming more contemporary and the players are fine-tuning their approach in terms of taste, flavour and presentation to ...

As digital natives grow older and as the P2P lending industry matures and gains credibility, it may gradually erode the conventional lendin...

Despite the tendency to play safe, the much reviled reluctance to go beyond paneer and (boneless) chicken, and despite the success of me-to...

The roadmap will have to be based on realistic assumptions of revenue & expenditure, not conveniently optimistic estimates of revenue & und...

The Soho dosas will be much thicker and have fillings such as lemon rice, soya, chicken, beef and fish. They will be served with different ...

Middle India's growing ability to indulge its palate is rapidly pushing up domestic demand for premium foods.

For centuries, travellers have aided the spread of food cultures. The availability of good desi khana abroad should not draw us away now fr...

The move by the IGNOU to offer courses in Indian gastronomy and regional cuisines is welcome.

In one of the biggest changes since networking major Cisco set up a second global headquarters in India, the multinational is reorganising ...

India has large regional and religious communities that present sizeable cultural segments that can be targeted by marketers as specific co...

Kulfis, the milky, hard-frozen ice-creams familiar to us from the slices or conical sticks sold in cities like Mumbai by UP’s dairymen ever...