Delightful Healthy Recipes

LINGERING OVER COFFEE AND MEZZE IN TURKEY A young Turkish bride confides with a giggle as we cruise down the Bosphorus together, “The food is so loved and such a big part of life...

THE ART AND ETIQUETTE OF SUSHI From the battera (box-shaped) to gunkari (battleship), there are sushis of all kinds in India now, but you have to understand its culture for the real...

Do it like the French The resplendent pink macaroon is just waiting to be eaten. It is nestled atop a buttery soft, creamy layer of mascarpone cheese and grapefruit. Nearby,...

What you can do with leftover wine What happens when you have a bottle of red wine, a kilo of mutton, a book exploring royal Indian cuisine and an urge to make something off the...

Wealth on your plate The Chinese ushered in the year of the dragon last week.  talked to expats in India to get a sense of the symbolism behind a traditional Chinese New Year...

WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT? Meets someone for whom a menu is a list of things he’ll never eat, rather than a choice of things he might In all the time that I have spent observing...

TALE OF THE RELUCTANT COOK Abandoned by her cook, found salvation in the very thing that she feared What?! You are pregnant?” Hardly the congratulatory message that I expected...

Go ahead, rub it in! Marinades and rubs are often a cook’s best-kept secret. They add a great deal of flavour and often tenderise the meat in the process. Slapping a piece of meat...

PARTY TIME FOR OLD DISHES A new demand for traditional fare like the Goan prawn baffad, the Parsi khaman na ladva and the Maharashtrian panchamrut has caterers poring over their grandmothers’...

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Now that it's time to tighten our belts a little, which luxuries are you willing to give up? RID YOURSELF OF THE MULTIPLEX HABIT. THE POPCORN AND SODA COMBO OFFERS TEND TO...

Modern Japanese cuisine was more or less invented by chef Nobu Matsuhisa, and today you will find Nobu-style restaurants all over the world. In India, you already have Wasabi....

Let’s swirl! The start of 2012 is expected to see Mumbaikars indulge in wine drinking, as a host of wine fests storm the city... Escaping from the confines of high-end restaurants...

A healthy TADKA For a healthy take on Indian cuisine, get a table at this restaurant in the ’burbs I’m a true-blue foodie at heart, but am equally diet conscious too. Not an easy...

The truth is that we all struggle with our weight, one time or another  KALLI IS VERY MUCH A REGULAR WOMAN ­ A WIFE, A MOTHER, A PROFESSIONAL ­ WHO LOVES HER DARK CHOCOLATE...

Our changing tastes in food and ambience are showing up in restaurants all over the country RAHUL AKERKAR HAS TURNED HIS FORMERLY EUROPEAN RESTAURANT AT THE RACECOURSE, TOTE,...