Cheaper than eggs, healthier than meat; the superfood that could save your health and the planet, and we are skipping itPulses like lentils, chickpeas, and beans are nutritional powerhouses, offering protein, fiber, and essential nutrients at a budget-friendl...
10 Jul, 2025, 12.19 PM IST
How UK’s Indian restaurants got on the gravy trainIndian restaurants even reinvented the British gravy. Pat Chapman’s Modern Indian Restaurant Cookbook gives the recipe for the ‘curry masal...
02 Dec, 2024, 04.15 PM IST
Are potato chip bags recyclable? Snack companies try new packagingCompanies that aren’t moving towards plastic-free packaging yet may be forced to in the future, as regulators start to step in. But the hur...
27 Mar, 2023, 11.02 PM IST
Phase-2 of fortified rice distribution starts; 90 high burden districts covered in April-MayThe first phase was started in October 2021 under which fortified rice was supplied through Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) an...
13 Jun, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
View: An inward-looking India could quickly slide towards closed-mindedness, cronyism and mediocrityThough the PM clarified that his call for self-reliance should not be mistaken for “self-centric arrangements”, this is cold comfort for th...
01 Jun, 2020, 12.17 PM IST
Prices of vegetable, pulses, grains, sugar fall on poor demandThe prices are likely to remain weak till mid-June, industry insiders said, citing continued transportation issues with many state borders ...
22 May, 2020, 08.55 PM IST
Boiled dishes are easy to reheat, leftovers taste great & other reasons why Indian cooking is ideal for lockdown daysThere are several reasons why Indian food is considered forgiving to cook.
20 Apr, 2020, 10.00 AM IST
Japanese sushi gets a twist as sushi doughnuts & sushi burritos roll outThe sushi doughnut took the world by storm in 2016 when Melbourne-based Sam Murphy shared a raw vegan version on Instagram.
01 Apr, 2018, 10.08 AM IST
How the humble potato has a more personal resonance for mostUntil the 1940s, potatoes, grown on the hill slopes of Garhwal, Kumaon and Meghalaya, were cultivated from the seeds brought in by the Euro...
18 Mar, 2018, 09.58 AM IST
Inspite of being a health hazard can sugar be called addictive?Eating sugar was never considered as dangerous as drinking alcohol or smoking, but some psychologists have begun to re-think.
05 Mar, 2017, 10.44 AM IST
There are more problems with bread than just carcinogenic elements; focus should be on quality of wheatFactory-made bread, ‘untouched by human hands’ as ad campaigns promised, was a shining white sign of pure and healthy bread. But making bre...
28 May, 2016, 07.36 AM IST
India must follow Brazil's example in battling ultra-processed foodThe Delhi high court wrestled with defining `junk food', following the PIL by the Delhi-based Uday Foundation to ban such food in schools.
20 Mar, 2015, 11.37 AM IST
Why popcorn business is booming in India, with high sales & margins and new investmentsNationwide regularised production, sales and profit data on the popcorn business is tougher to find than a Bollywood movie with a tragic en...
19 Aug, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Sunday ET: How the Dutch beer Heineken is brewed before it is bottledIt’s one of the tests of good beer, how long the head stays, says Henk Breederveld, quality and technology manager, United Breweries.
19 Aug, 2012, 09.12 AM IST
- Slovenia: Ljubljana is a photographer's dream come true
Thanks to its location, at the cusp of several former empires, Slovenia is a delicious mix of many influences, as Pallavi Paul discovered.
07 Apr, 2011, 12.04 AM IST
- We have to pass on our cost to consumers: Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols
Ganpatraj Chowdhary, Managing Director, Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Ltd in an interview with ET Now talks about the effect of increase in cor...
06 Apr, 2011, 02.23 PM IST
- EU might free up land for biofuel crops
Biofuels, destined to partially offset a coming oil shortage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, will require much more farm land, forcing...
29 Jul, 2007, 09.45 AM IST