Himanshu is Manish’s most successful disciple but Indian restaurants all over the world have former Manish protégés in the ...

The system is so powerfully tilted against the innocent citizen and so favourable to the malign or corrupt police or revenue ...

I ate very well in Kolkata but the big discovery for me was what Chefs Vijay Malhotra and Pramod Sinha are doing with North Eastern food at the ITC Royal Bengal. They have already made North Eastern ...

In the decades that followed much has changed. Jaipur is now a typical North Indian city, full of unplanned development, ugly construction and noisy traffic jams. Unless he or she knows where to look, ...

The new venture opens on January 17. It is called Nisaba and is located in a modern development in one of Delhi’s most ...

It’s both puzzling and a little gratifying. Whenever you mention dosas to knowledgeable foodies, they look at you a little superiorly and ask, “But do you like benne dosa?” A new restaurant serving ...

If you have been following the furore over the price of tomatoes, you will note that reporters and political analysts often refer to tomatoes as a basic staple of Indian cooking and the food of the ...

What a year in food it’s been! It’s been a year of triumphs. A year of recovery. It’s almost as though the pandemic never happened. Indian restaurants have shone abroad. And within the country, our ...

Given how obsessed this column (and this columnist in particular) has been with biryani over the last two decades, you will imagine my delight each year when World Biryani Day comes around. Yes, World ...

Each time I go to Kolkata, I bring back some Gobindobhog rice. Gobindobhog is among the most celebrated rice varieties of Bengal, loved by people who know how to enjoy their rice. My wife cooks the ...

Why have people in the West got so fat over the last three decades that obesity is now a major public health problem? Over the years, various explanations have been offered. One early culprit was ...

At no time in our recent history has there been so much anger over harassment and corruption by government officials, bureaucrats and police/customs/enforcement ...