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Mango madness: Bhopal fetes king of fruit
‘Noor Jahan’ was here, as were ‘Sachin Tendulkar’ and ‘Aishwarya Rai ‘ – and they were all lipsmackingly delicious! For two days, residents of the Madhya Pradesh capital had the opportunity to savour mangos
Read More »Not all pasta is pasta, says Italian chef
It comes in different shapes, sizes and names and is among the world’s favourite foods, but Italian chef Angelo Maria Franchini cautions that all that is passed off as pasta is not really pasta.
Read More »500,000 Libyans have got UN-delivered food
More than half a million people affected by the conflict in Libya have received food delivered by the UN World Food Programme (WFP). Fighting began between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi’s military in February. The
Read More »The joy of nuking
By Jim Romanoff Sure, you know that your microwave oven is good for nuking popcorn and Hot Pockets. But home-style meatloaf? Yep, that magic box in your kitchen is a lot more versatile than
Read More »Insider ‘cooks’ gave Indian-American ‘recipes’ for ‘sugar’
An informer who provided tips to an Indian American founder of a hedge fund referred to her sources of insider trading as “cooks,” inside information as “recipes” and the money she sought as “sugar”,
Read More »Chubritza to lokum, delightfully Turkish – in West Bengal!
Thyme, chubritza and oregano blend magically with nuts, lamb, zucchini, eggplant and cheese…welcome to the tantalizing world of cuisine from Turkey that begins with exotic spices and ends with Turkish delight. The vibrantly-coloured dishes
Read More »Fathers,not mothers, influence what children eat
A man’s choice of where to eat could literally tip the scales on his child’s health as his perceptions of family meals carry more weight, so to speak, than mothers’, according to a new
Read More »Global food prices set to remain high
The world food prices are likely to remain high for the rest of this year and into 2012, said a UN report Wednesday, citing dwindling stocks and only small production increases for the majority
Read More »Salmonella remains biggest food-borne threat to America
Salmonella poses the greatest health threat to America, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. Salmonella infection has risen 10 percent over the past 15 years, while several types of food-borne illness
Read More »World’s most expensive kebab costs whopping 750 pounds
A chef in Britain has created the world’s most expensive kebab – aptly titled King of Kebabs – and costs a whopping 750 pounds, a media report said. The dish has moved on from
Read More »Food inflation declines a bit
India’s food inflation declined 0.49 percentage points to 8.06 percent for the week ended May 21, with a marginal fall in the prices of vegetables, fruits, eggs, meat and fish, official data showed Thursday.
Read More »An Indian Chinese menu service with a personal touch
Stuffed chilli potato with cottage cheese, fried rice chilli garlic, chicken cooked in a variety of sauces…It’s unabashedly Indian Chinese at Panda Wok, the Noida eatery that has earned a high loyalty quotient in
Read More »Cheese and chilli as vegetables delights in Bhutan
Fancy some long, slit chillies cooked to creamy perfection with cheese? Or a combination of trotter, chillies and garlic? Then Bhutan is the place you are looking for. Someone has rightly said it is
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