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Author of The Sweet Kitchen, and chef-owner of Food For Thought Catering
Oct 31, 2024 14:30 IST
There are very few sweets that can boast history as rich as...
Fri, Nov 01, 2024Oct 25, 2024 14:00 IST
Tracing the origins of samosa and how it became a beloved, diverse...
Sun, Dec 08, 2024Oct 18, 2024 10:30 IST
The French are famous for eating anything that moves, which explains the snails. But,...
Sun, Dec 08, 2024Oct 12, 2024 10:25 IST
Another discovery I wasn’t aware of was the large number of Indonesian restaurants in...
Sat, Oct 12, 2024Oct 04, 2024 14:27 IST
While Durga Puja is a time for indulgent feasting, Navratri is marked by fasting and...
Thu, Oct 10, 2024Sep 27, 2024 11:28 IST
The cross-border politics of ilish maach, the fish Bengal swears...
Tue, Oct 01, 2024Sep 20, 2024 14:30 IST
An exploration of different food taboos and why many of them do not make sense after...
Sun, Sep 22, 2024Sep 13, 2024 11:30 IST
Tracing a culinary gem from Alexander the Great to the Zoroastrians to Armenian settlers in...
Thu, Sep 19, 2024Sep 06, 2024 13:30 IST
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor said even established chefs wouldn’t share recipes with...
Thu, Sep 19, 2024Aug 30, 2024 11:30 IST
Rajasthani cuisine uses the most interesting berries and plants and spartan ingredients to create...
Thu, Sep 19, 2024Aug 23, 2024 12:30 IST
The distinctive flavours set aside Bangladeshi cuisine from its sweeter cousin, West Bengal...
Thu, Sep 19, 2024Aug 15, 2024 09:30 IST
Sweets named after freedom fighters became popular, such as the "Jawahar Laddoo", a large bonbon...
Thu, Sep 19, 2024Aug 09, 2024 12:31 IST
Nahoum’s is no fancy air-conditioned patisserie, but it introduced Bengalis, Marwaris, and...
Thu, Aug 15, 2024Aug 02, 2024 11:26 IST
Coconut's presence can be found in a plethora of dishes in the coastal regions. Kerala cuisine is...
Thu, Aug 15, 2024Jul 26, 2024 11:30 IST
A staple across homes in India, dishes using the humble curd even find a mention in the Rig Veda...
Sun, Jul 28, 2024Jul 18, 2024 11:28 IST
Whether at the beginning or the end of the cooking process, across India, a tadka is used to...
Tue, Jul 23, 2024Jul 12, 2024 12:28 IST
A book named Soopa Shastra -- written by King Mangarasa III in the 15th century -- documents...
Sun, Jul 14, 2024Jul 05, 2024 11:30 IST
Modern paneer made in homes involves breaking milk with an acid like lemon juice or...
Thu, Jul 11, 2024Jun 28, 2024 12:30 IST
From Maharashtrian Goda Masala to the Lucknowi Lazzat-e-Taam, here is everything you need to know...
Thu, Jul 11, 2024Jun 21, 2024 12:26 IST
We try to solve the biggest conundrum faced by lovers of the rice preparations which conquered the...
Thu, Jul 11, 2024Jun 14, 2024 12:18 IST
As one of the world's largest consumers of tea, with 80 per cent of our production consumed...
Sun, Jun 16, 2024Jun 07, 2024 12:18 IST
Of course, not everything is sunny when it comes to eggs, given the regularity with which state...
Sun, Jun 09, 2024Oct 09, 2018 12:41 IST
Chakraborty claimed he used to use Twitter to take down others, which was bad. He was mentally...
Wed, Oct 10, 2018Oct 01, 2018 15:16 IST
To truly appreciate any Calcuttan’s love for Durga Puja, you have to first appreciate their love...
Mon, Oct 08, 2018Sep 24, 2018 17:47 IST
The most annoying of the lot is Sreesanth. He constantly cries on the show and you realise how...
Mon, Sep 24, 2018