How Floyd Cardoz redefined Indian cuisine

A month ago, on March 25, Floyd Cardoz, chef extraordinaire, passed into the ages, a victim of coronavirus.Ranjita Ganesan remembers the culinary genius. Photograph: Kind courtesy Floyd......

My Floyd Cardoz story

For Chef Thomas Zacharias, Chef Floyd Cardoz -- who sadly passed away last week after being infected by coronavirus -- was a partner, mentor, friend, colleague. And family. IMAGE: Chef Floyd......

Jobs, liquor, casinos: Parrikar's uphill new job in Goa

The Goa CM knows running a potentially turncoat coalition government while pursuing a development agenda will require a fine balancing act, reports Sohini Das. How Parrikar returned as Goa's chief......

A kilo of contentment

'My Indian guests were to get a slice of the authentic Brazilian experience, the cuisine being only one part of it,' says BS Prakash of a typical Brazilian institution. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh......

Why do restaurants shut down?

Last week, I heard with a sigh that yet another restaurant -- Masala Express -- in Noida's popular Sector 18 market had closed down. Because the market is a mere 3 km from our house, it is,......

Everyone's opening a restaurant!

The national ambition in the united states of Bihar, as the joke goes, is to make it to the civil services. In stark contrast, ambitions and passions in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore run considerably......

CII takes Bollywood, East Bengal to China

Filmmaker Subash Ghai, the East Bengal football club and a handful of Indian beauty queens will be the stormtroopers of an Indian assault on the giant Chinese market.Ghai, the football team and the......

Mahesh, Lara Dutta say 'I do'

Tennis star Mahesh Bhupati and Bollywood actress Lara Dutta exchanged wedding vows in Victorian style at the sunset point of the erstwhile Portuguese fort of Aguada in Pananji on Saturday. "We had......