Miss World 2024 will be crowned in India soon. Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World. In 1966. Reita Faria was India's first Miss World. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.
At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most likely have been hanging out with Dua Lipa.
Saturday marks the Zoroastrian New Year or Navroze. Coomi Selod shares with us these special recipes that are prepared on this special day.
Bariatric surgeon Muffazal Lakdawala shares interesting recipes in his new book.
This version of my mom's special sambar uses plenty of Madras cucumber and okra.
Ever heard of 'gosht ka halwa' or 'dal ki dulhan'? Avantika Bhuyan profiles a battery of food enthusiasts who are out to make sure that you do.
This versatile Thai red curry takes any kind of vegetable or protein in it and is served with steamed rice and garnish.
Do you happen to know how to make any of the dishes listed below? Share your recipe with us!
Do you happen to know how to make any of the dishes listed below? Share your recipe with us!
Dr G Padma Vijay's latest book has recipes for all.
Make modern meals from ancient grains.
Why settle for the ordinary, when you can try out something traditional on Makar Sankranti?
Why don't you try and recreate Gigi Hadid's famous vodka pasta?
Food blogger Koushik Maji sent us this detailed recipe for egg biryani.
Spin's rather old-fashioned and vanilla depiction of the Indian American way is a bit of a bummer, feels Sukanya Verma.
Say hello to these delightful foodies from Kolkata!
Renowned chefs reinvent traditional age old recipes for your palate
'Have ghee with rice, roti or dal, and remember to enjoy and cherish its impact on your life and the life of your child.'
This start-up connects diners with regional cuisines that restaurants do not serve.
Do we really need to wait for a special day to be reminded of our country's rich heritage and culture, asks author and management guru Virender Kapoor.
These recipes by chef Kunal Kapoor will take you back in time and taste.
10 hot celebs have taken their passion for cooking to a new level.
Priya Bala of Folomojo.com hits the road!
An American court has dismissed a human rights violation lawsuit against Congress party filed by a Sikh group in the anti-Sikh riots case, saying the group has no legal standing to file such a suit and events that do not "touch and concern" the US will not be heard in a US court.
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.
Celebrated chef Gaggan Anand answered readers' queries on June 9. For those who missed the live chat, here is the unedited chat transcript.
When the Indian brunost bravely ventured into the international cheese arena in Spain, along with 4,000 others from 45 countries, before 230 judges, its sterling desi pedigree spoke for itself, winning a silver in the brown cheese category and giving India a berth on the global cheese map.
'As long as people are eating we will be there,' Rebel Foods CEO Jaydeep Barman tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.
With Naga, Korean and Singaporean eateries, Kammanahalli in east Bengaluru offers unconventional dining options.
'More and more young chefs, instead of inventing new things, are exploring more deeply inside India,' Indian Accent's Manish Mehrotra tells Rahul Jacob.
The film flaunts Bindu as some sort of a free-spirited bohemian when she's really this unlikable, untrustworthy, selfish, vain, flighty opportunist sweet-talking Abhimanyu into catering to her needs all the time, feels Sukanya Verma.
Uncooked, fresh and unprocessed -- that's the diet a number of people are swearing by
The Sindhis are a lesson in perseverance. Once uprooted, they've started all over, often reinventing themselves
For Chef Thomas Zacharias, Chef Floyd Cardoz, was a partner, mentor. And family.
Who would've thought the bland boring dish could help start a successful business venture?
'Why can I not access all these things -- Bhut Jolokia, Dalle, Kaachu, Bhakri, Ghari and everything else -- more easily?' asks Aakar Patel.
The Michelin Star chef and host of MasterChef India, who penned his first work of fiction, shares stories from his life.
Chef and author Rakhee Vaswani talks about her passion for cooking, her daily struggles as a mompreneur and how she's spreading smiles through her recipes.
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