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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
The Origin of Our Fists
Hands evolved not just to build tools and forage for food but also to throw an effective punch
The Return of Maggi
Nestle sent the new batches produced in its Karnataka, Punjab and Goa plants for testing in three government approved laboratories which deemed them fine
Poison Pot
Perpetrators prefer using a poisonous delicacy when they want to get away with murder. Food offers a very convenient way of avoiding detection. Despite all his precautions, rumour has it that even the Roman Emperor Augustus could not escape being slowly poisoned to death by his wife
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Feaster
To contemplate the art of being idle, of pottering around, drinking a tall glass of ice cold buttermilk or lemon soda, and nibbling on a cold grapefruit and hot peanut salad, seems an apt subject for the long hot summer
Food inspectors: More teeth please
Food inspectors say they’re up to the challenge of keeping people safe, even taking on powerful business interests—if only they were better equipped for it
An (App)etite for business
The mobile internet has created a new business in the food delivery sector and venture capitalists are rushing to invest in a range of new apps
Food: Gourmands versus stoics
At birth, we all have about 10,000 taste buds scattered on the back, sides and tip of the tongue. But just like with the brain’s grey cells, we still don’t know why some use more of their taste buds than others
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