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Chef Vikas Khanna. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU

When life meets chef: Vikas Khanna talks about his lockdown aid initiative

Nahla Nainar Award-winning chef Vikas Khanna has been busy helping Indians during the pandemic all the way from New York City, while ruminating on the way ahead for the food industry

Want coconut water? Here’s the powder

Prabalika M. Borah There’s a shortcut to coconut water now. What’s more, the Telangana company behind it claims it goes the natural, preservative-free way

Going gongura: How to make these tangy leaves last longer

Prabalika M. Borah Still using gongura pickle in your gongura (sorrel leaves) mutton curry during non-gongura season? There are other ways of making this seasonal flavour last through the year

‘64 Percent Dark Sichuan Pepper and Orange Peel Vegan Chocolate’, which won the silver for Paul and Mike, artisanal chocolates from Kerala, at the world final of the International Chocolate Awards

Indian brand gets silver at International Chocolate awards

Saraswathy Nagarajan Paul and Mike, an artisanal chocolate brand based in Kerala, is the first Indian brand to have come this far

A bowl of sundal is served with lunch platter

In Coimbatore, patients under home quarantine get healthy meals at their doorstep

Earth Reserve watermelon jam. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU

Your summer guide to fruit jams and preserves

Nahla Nainar Summer is the ideal time to learn how to preserve the season’s fruits. This summer, make your own jams, or sample some of India’s artisanal, less sugary spreads

Chennai dessert boutique Sweet Spot teams home-baked treats with music recommendations

Priyadarshini Paitandy Sweet Spot’s best-sellers include milk chocolate salted caramel cake, baklava tart and dark chocolate cheesecake. The latest entrant on the menu is sheer shahi kurma

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Mondelēz launched a new variant of its popular Dairy Milk chocolate with 30% less sugar, last month. On the website, they claim the new variant doesn’t rely on artificial sweeteners, colours or preservatives but instead includes more fibre.

India’s chocolate story

Watch | Madurai's famous Jigarthanda

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Notes from Leh

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The remote food photographer from Chennai

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How India’s humble sweet lime became key to a competition-winning cocktail

When life meets chef: Vikas Khanna talks about his lockdown aid initiative

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Want coconut water? Here’s the powder

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Going gongura: How to make these tangy leaves last longer

Soft, pink and light like a flower: Chik-cha halwa and Grandmother Shebabeth

Grandmother Shebabeth would smile triumphantly as the aroma of chik-cha halwa filled the house

Chefs and the frontline table

Feeding the elderly in Goa, airlifting supplies to remote Himalayan villages, delivering meals across 14 cities — how chefs and restaurateurs are stepping up during the second wave

The rise of the Cloud kitchens across India

As the hospitality industry struggles to survive the pandemic, the past year has seen a spurt of cloud kitchens across India, serving everything from simple home cooking to luxury dinners

In Coimbatore, patients under home quarantine get healthy meals at their doorstep

Food catering services in Coimbatore have launched COVID-19 meals that include special millet-based tiffin items and 14-day quarantine meal plans at nominal charges

Chennai restaurants add cheer to lockdown birthdays

Inject some joy into yet another difficult month by sending friends a thoughtfully curated dinner, or treating yourself to an evening away from the sink

Indian brand gets silver at International Chocolate awards

Paul and Mike, an artisanal chocolate brand based in Kerala, is the first Indian brand to have come this far

The great Indian food delivery tussle

With direct delivery options entering the fray, the food delivery space is India’s latest battleground. As new options like Thrive and DotPe go head to head with giants, customers are now more spoilt for choice

Dorje re-introduces Darjeeling tea to the Indian market with flavours for every season

An ambitious new project attempts to deliver Darjeeling’s tea, celebrating all its quirks and flavours, to your doorstep through the year

Your summer guide to fruit jams and preserves

Summer is the ideal time to learn how to preserve the season’s fruits. This summer, make your own jams, or sample some of India’s artisanal, less sugary spreads

Wellbeing quiz: How safe is your food?

Let’s mark Food Safety Day (June 7) with a quiz on food adulteration

Chennai dessert boutique Sweet Spot teams home-baked treats with music recommendations

Sweet Spot’s best-sellers include milk chocolate salted caramel cake, baklava tart and dark chocolate cheesecake. The latest entrant on the menu is sheer shahi kurma

Special mango varieties to pick from in Chennai this June

From market favourite Alphonso to native, once-endangered kalapadi, farms bring late-blooming varieties to Chennai, despite unseasonal rains in flowering season

Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris to reunite for COVID-19 India relief cookathon

The online fundraising cooking marathon on June 19 will also feature appearances from chefs Heston Blumenthal, Ranveer Brar, and a few fan-favourite ‘MasterChef Australia’ alumni — as well as actor Vidya Balan

Andhra startup Nutreat recruits village homemakers for food mixes

Nutreat’s catalogue, inspired by traditional recipes from rural India, creates customised blends for customers across the globe

All about Rezoy, one of India’s first food delivery apps by a restaurant association

Starting with Kochi, Rezoy — launched by Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association — is set to start full operations in other parts of the State. We explore how the app works and why it benefits the industry:

Chew on some dinner plates

With consumption of single-use plastic on the rise in India, edible tableware makers are on a trendsetting mission

A gooseberry summer

Large orchards or a tree in the backyard, salted amlas by the roadside or tea infusions — everyone has a story to tell about this small, nutrient-packed green fruit

Marriott hotels across India are now offering a ‘Mood Diet’

The curated menu will be available via Marriott on Wheels, the hotel group’s direct food delivery service

How do you like your amla?

Try it in a macaron, a salad, or perhaps a delicious prawn bake with salted kokum

Last of the shaukeen Kayasth men

How my father Rajeev Rishi, a bon vivant and amateur chef, gave us life lessons through his food and left an indelible mark on Avadhi cuisine

Meet the chef giving London’s fine diners a taste of Kerala

As Chef de Cuisine at The Lalit London, Jomon Kuriakose is putting dishes like payasam, duck mappas and mathanga erissery on the map

Here’s what to include in your post-COVID-19 diet

Once you’ve recovered from COVID-19 and are out of quarantine, your body needs strengthening for quick healing

Produce wastage during the lockdowns sees startups mobilising to aid farmers and vendors

With lockdowns in place across India, these homegrown startups leverage AI, IoT, data science and more to offer innovative solutions to fresh produce vendors and farmers, preventing wastage and revenue loss

Dabbawalas in Mumbai now set to deliver food from restaurants

Mumbai’s popular office lunch delivery system collaborates with restaurants to serve the city, as part of India’s move to ‘order direct’

Watch | Madurai's famous Jigarthanda

A video feature on a summer drink that is a favourite in Tamil Nadu

Cicada sushi, anyone? U.S. chef serves up sustainable delicacy

Billions of "Brood X" cicadas are appearing in U.S. states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana and Tennessee

Sharing and caring begins from the kitchen amid the pandemic

Acts of liking and sharing have moved to the non-virtual world as food lovers are being selective about social media posts, finding happiness in cooking for friends or neighbours instead

Titanic and the Waldorf pudding

A new book featuring the culinary adventures of time-travelling siblings is the perfect ride for a food writer in lockdown

How to eat healthy and prevent lifestyle diseases

Eating healthy is fairly simple if we focus on the basic food groups on our plate and not chase fad diets and supplements. Here’s a basic guide

Venba, a new narrative cooking game, has South Indian cuisine and immigrants at its centre

Venba, a narrative cooking game with South Indian cuisine and immigrants at its centre, discusses love, loss and identity

Chennaiites are enjoying mangoes brought directly from farms in multiple States

The arrival of mangoes from has been delayed by two weeks because of the unusual February rains during flowering season. Finally, the Banganapalli, sendhura and alphonso from Tamil Nadu, Andhra and Karnataka are here

Now I follow the Pegan Diet: Dr Mark Hyman

Dr Mark Hyman, functional medicine practitioner, on his book The Pegan Diet, food practices and food habits to adopt, and what elements to pick from paleo and vegan

World Central Kitchen kicks off across seven States in India

The non-profit organisation links chefs with Government hospital to provide free, healthy meals for the medical fraternity, under pressure from the pandemic

Curious about food? This online conversation series explores a myriad Indian experiences

Peter Griffin’s Table Talk series pans a wide variety of topics, from rural Indian life to ancient Portuguese influences, and is open to everyone interested in learning about food

A ray of hope for dosa lovers in Delhi

South Indian food from Naivedyam in Delhi is immensely satisfying

‘The Flavor Equation’ by Nik Sharma is all about sugar, spice and a pinch of science

The food writer-photographer marries his training as a molecular biologist with his experience as a cook

Old flames: There’s more to fire than just the role it plays in cooking

Where there’s food, there’s fire, in some form or the other

High tea comes home

Order in chicken sliders, scones, mango desserts and bento boxes to calm those hunger pangs

Mead in India: It’s all about the honey

Produced with a minimal carbon footprint, Indian meads rely on existing bee colonies on farmlands, and are slowly making a buzz in the country

‘A Little Spice is Extra Nice’ introduces kids to Kochi’s Mattancherry spice market

An illustrated children’s book takes a trip to the Mattancherry spice market in Kochi and traces the journey of spices from farm to kitchen

This zero waste store offers sustainable alternatives for everyday requirements

This new store is equipped with a mill and a community fridge, to propagate the concept of zero waste

Restaurants gear up to send protein-rich COVID meals for home quarantine patients

With entire families quarantined, restaurants in Chennai are tweaking menus and logistics to deliver affordable, nutritious and hot meals to your doorstep

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