food column

Wonderfully delicious but notoriously ill-reputed as the potato may be (as a type of carbohydrate that the body digests rapidly, causing blood sugar and insulin to ‘surge and dip’) and whose abuse eventually contributes to obesity, diabetes…

I have always been bashful and coy of all the colour and vitality, the boisterousness and the paint, the wetness, the trance and the intoxication of Holi. To me, it has always been the food. Years ago, I was shooting for my food show on the…

Food eggheads, vloggers, bloggers, journalists and reviewers often talk about the Vada Pav being the archetypal, quintessential Mumbai food. I beg to differ. Unlike most of these pundits with posits, I along with most of my ancestors was…

Wishing you a Happy New Year, and when I say that, I mean it with utmost probity and hope. Given that it’s been such crappy last two years, happy change is something we are all looking forward to, and change is inevitable. It is often said…

There are a few foods that are banned in India, and I mean beyond the belligerent ban on beef, and one of those foods is foie gras. While foie gras continues to be served in the most sought-after restaurants in the world, India became one…