From fish heads to bilingual cookbooks: Celebrating south Indian seafood and cultureThe book Neidhal Kaimanam/Seasoned by the Sea highlights the rich, diverse food culture of fishing communities on India's Coromandel coast,...
13 Apr, 2025, 05.41 PM IST
How scribblings enhance the value of second-hand cookbooksKKS Murthy, the late owner of Bengaluru's Select Books, preserved the charm of second-hand bookshops. Once popular across India, such shops...
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Spring onion’s freshness and South Korea’s protestsSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol's misjudgment of spring onion prices sparked protests and a political crisis. His perceived disconnect...
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Best Bhai Dooj Gifts for Sister under 5000 in India (2024)Are you looking for a good gift idea for your sister on the occasion of bhai dooj? If so, then continue reading this article to learn about...
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OpenAI's Sam Altman, sugarcoating the apocalypseThe government has nibbled the edges of regulation, but the quicksilver AI has already leaped ahead of the snaillike lawmakers and bureaucr...
02 Dec, 2023, 11.54 PM IST
Exploring the food world: How cooking classes helped home chefs growCooking classes have been a popular gateway for mostly women to break into the wider food world dominated by professional chefs. A new film...
16 Jul, 2023, 10.36 AM IST
From papad-making to Gujarati undhiyo, winter in India shows the collective value of women’s workAmitabh Bachchan's 1973 film 'Saudagar' also sheds light on the same aspect.
25 Dec, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
When the world revolves around cooking & eating: The foods that nourish and nurture Nobel laureatesAbhijit Banerjee becomes the rare Nobel laureate to write a cook-book 'Cooking To Save Your Life'.
21 Nov, 2021, 06.46 PM IST
Indian-origin billionaire brothers buy UK fast food chain LeonLeon, Founded by John Vincent, Henry Dimbleby and chef Allegra McEvedy in 2004, pitches itself in the category of "naturally fast food" wit...
19 Apr, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Alex McEwan was excited to return to office in India after 6 months in the UK; is looking forward to his first order of Chole BhatureThe Virgin Atlantic India Country Manager has also been trying his hand at Indian cooking.
04 Nov, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
Balking at Banana flowers: Indians are rediscovering old ways of cooking food during Covid-19 lockdownNow is the time to unearth those heavy metal cooking utensils.
27 Jul, 2020, 11.52 AM IST
Learning from ladies club books: Why grandma's cookbooks are still relevantThese books help you realise that survival is not a single formula, but an attitude, and this is what we really need today.
05 Apr, 2020, 11.10 AM IST
Leafy does it: A bit of paan in Indian recipes can give the right spicy, herb-like flavourThere are rare Indian recipes that use paan leaves.
12 Nov, 2018, 10.59 AM IST
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.
28 Oct, 2018, 01.42 PM IST
The rise & rise of the idli: How the South Indian breakfast staple beat the North Indian chapattiDespite all the complexity in cooking, idlis are everywhere these days.
22 Apr, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
- Eating the write stuff between the pages
Travellers' tales are important for countries. They help fix a country’s image, putting down the stereotypes and simplifications that are t...
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- Amazon unveils large-screen Kindle
Online retail giant Amazon.com unveiled a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader on Wednesday designed for newspapers...
06 May, 2009, 09.22 PM IST