Food

Check the quality of your restaurant-bought biryani or shorshe ilish instantly on this mobile unit in Kolkata

“Food Safety on Wheels” – a mobile unit of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has…

Watch video: What is Panis Quadratus? A Kolkata-based outlet recreates this 2,000 year old bread

    Many people have seen images of carbonised loaves of bread that were excavated…

Stuff Dreams Are Made Of: Inside Switzerland’s Maison Cailler Chocolate Factory

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.” ―…

Pork is my favorite meat

Take no offence while reading on about some of the things I have done with…

Cooking with food waste

Cooking with food waste has always existed in our Indian subculture.

CHOP, SLICE OR MASH

It is not easy being the absent minded daughter of a Bengali Mother Chef.

CHICKEN FESENJAN

Known locally as Khoresh e Fesenjan (Khoresh means stew), this dish is a simple chicken…

THREE EASY TRICKS TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE A BETTER COOK

We often forget to focus on the accompainments

TABRIZI KOOFTEH

The name of this koofteh comes from the ancient city of Tabriz in North West…

Lego for Salads: Part II

A well made salad is much greater than the sum of its parts.

Lego for Salads: Part I

Here, in a nutshell are some pointers and tips to “build” a good salad at…

Five tips to make your ingredients work harder

You don’t need to buy anything to make your food look and taste brighter. You…