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Gourmet dining at home: Beyond 'heat & eat'
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): It was the advent of the microwave that launched the first wave of convenient 'heat and eat' meals in India. The (then) 'hi-tech' gadget didn't lend itself to multi-stage cooking of Indian recipes and after resting a while as a baby white elephant was deploy
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Progressive Indian cuisine: Avant-garde or deja vu
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): It was more than a decade ago when the words 'contemporary' Indian, 'progressive' Indian or 'avant-garde' Indian were first heard. In the context of food the trend setter was Manish Malhotra, who opened the doors of his restaurant - the Indian Accent - th
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Say cheese!
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Long ago, before the dawn of the selfie age, cameramen used to instruct the group being photographed to say 'cheese' to make the subject's lips break into a forced happy smile. That was the closest contact that many Indians made with edible cheese.
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Gizmos and gadgets in the kitchen
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Ever since our prehistoric ancestors stumbled upon the joys of accidentally cooked food, there had been no let-up in inventions of implements that reduce the drudgery in the kitchen. The art and science of cooking have explored new horizons with gadgets a
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The other oil wars
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The war in Ukraine has sent the oil prices sky rocketing and clouds are gathering on the middle eastern horizon of oil wars in near future. This has distracted our attention from the other oil crisis that is brewing and will impact the lives of many India
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There is room at the top for all you can grow
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): It was at the turn of this century that Dickson Despommier an American microbiologist and Malaysian architect Ken Yeang jointly coined the term 'Vertical Farming'. What they proposed was an ultra-modern way of urban agriculture. Simply put, it meant stacking
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Raising a toast to handmade fruit preserves
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): It was almost three decades back when India heard the footsteps of artisanal handcrafted hundred per cent naturally preserved 'fruit conserves'.
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Brewing a storm in a teacup
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was tea that spawned the British Empire. To pay for Chinese tea the British grew opium and exported it to China and till they started growing tea in India and Ceylon ( Sri Lanka) they depended on the Chinese produ
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Past forward: Revival of the retro foods
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Some things never go out of fashion. A passing fad, a fleeting vogue may distract us for a while but then the classics reclaim their throne. This is what seems to be happening in the food world with 'retro' registering a strong emerging trend. If architectu
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The age of mixology dawns
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Just before the world was paralysed by the pandemic, iconic restaurants were making way for resto-bars. Economic reforms had made a variety of drinks and imported food items available and waves of globalisation lapping our shores were creating ripples of
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Ferment in the food world
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): Those who keep a sharp focus on the food scene have observed that fermented foods are at the confluence of two powerful trends - at the intersection of two huge trends, the demand for increasing demand for natural foods and immunity-boosting superfoods.
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The world on your plate
Updated : 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The COVID pandemic has all but destroyed international tourism and one knows not how long it will be before the jet-setting globe trotters will be able to visit their favourite watering holes and savour local delicacies again. However, as disrupted supply
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