food

The Origin of Our Fists

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Hands evolved not just to build tools and forage for food but also to throw an effective punch

The Exploding Bubble

Madhavankutty Pillai

What the fate of food delivery apps says about the startup space

The Return of Maggi

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Nestle sent the new batches produced in its Karnataka, Punjab and Goa plants for testing in three government approved laboratories which deemed them fine

The Migrant Halwa

Aparna Karthikeyan

A south Indian delicacy returns to its north Indian roots in an online avatar

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

Shylashri Shankar

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

Haima Deshpande in Mumbai and Anil Budur Lulla in Bengaluru

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

Madhavankutty Pillai

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

Shylashri Shankar

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