food
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
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
FOOD AND THE FICTIONAL SLEUTH
Just as one adds a pinch of sugar or jaggery to balance the acidity of a tomato or tamarind, the sleuth’s savouring of a dish offsets and highlights the demon-like aspects of the crime
Greeks, Dukes And the Art of a Perfect Diet
The problem we face today in India and many other parts of the world is that we straddle two conflicting ways of thinking about the relationship between health, food and taste
Who’s cookin’ Doc?
Popular cooking shows are tipping the gender balance in the conservative Indian kitchen
Hello Hallyu, and Kamsahamnida!
The Korean cool, from popular culture to food, travels from the Northeast to the rest of India
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