food

Is There a Tyranny of the Tasting Menu?

Shylashri Shankar

We want a symphony on a plate but there aren’t many chefs who can deliver

Let There Be Light

Dr Ambrish Mithal

Indians should not take their vitamin D status for granted

The Fit Community of Fat Eaters

Madhavankutty Pillai

The Indian environment militates against a Low Carbohydrate High Fat lifestyle but a small number of adherents still find it worthwhile

Diet: In Praise of Dal-Rice

Rujuta Diwekar

In following Western dietary guidelines, we have given up our own food wisdoms handed down the generations by the women in our homes

The Tree of Life

Shylashri Shankar

What that flower bed by the front door can do to your life

The Hunger Games

Shylashri Shankar

In today’s world of frantic networkers, the hunter remains more in tune with nature than an urban denizen. Hunting luncheons are the last bastion of a leisure class that is fast disappearing

McBattle

Aresh Shirali

The burger market sizzles like never before

A Grain of Truth

Dr Ambrish Mithal

When did sweets become an integral part of our diet? In ancient times, honey was probably the source of all sweetness. The first evidence of crystalline sugar in human history comes from India

What you eat, who you eat with and how you eat express religious, ethnic, gender and class identities, and reflect one’s personal views on justice and ethics. The questions posed in relation to food are the sort of issues philosophers like to ponder

Food For the Gods

Shylashri Shankar

Do we, by partaking of a prescribed set of dishes during a festival, connect with our cultural past? Can one say that the purpose of associating the notion of a favourite food with a god was to make the deity more approachable