But regardless of which hot sauce you use, the chilli trend is here to stay. And ironically enough the impetus to add more ...

The Dalai Lama has moved part of the way towards achieving that goal. There is a democratically elected government in exile ...

So, has Bangkok, which most of us know well and regard a reasonably priced holiday destination that is not too far away, ...

If you have been to a fancy Western restaurant or even to one serving that kind of food in India, you will have noticed that the food comes out from the kitchen already plated. The main component of ...

I have known Jasjit Singh Assi (JJ) for nearly two decades from his early days as part of the opening team at the Four Seasons Mumbai to his years through various international Four Seasons properties ...

First things first: This is a list that rather conveniently uses two different definitions when selecting the best Indian restaurants of the year. I have included some of the best ones serving Indian ...

It’s both puzzling and a little gratifying. Whenever you mention dosas to knowledgeable foodies, they look at you a little superiorly and ask, “But do you like benne dosa?” A new restaurant serving ...

America is a market that was always regarded as out-of-bounds to Indian chefs. But ever since Srijith Gopinathan won two Michelin stars at Campton Place in San Francisco, that seems to be changing.

All politicians are not low-lifes. Many are hardworking, decent and honest. But enough of them are sleazy enough to remind me how they have schemed their way around the new rules and the supposed ...

It was the Left, not the Right, that traditionally opposed anything to do with the US, including even the Indo-US nuclear deal, which was clearly in India’s interests. (The Left’s opposition to that ...

Aiyar was kept out of government by Narasimha Rao who loathed Rajiv’s people (and possibly, Rajiv too), sat out the two Vajpayee terms and then finally became a minister in the Manmohan Singh ...

That the Chinese should love Lobster Manchurian tell us something about the power of flavours. In India, Chicken Manchurian and Gobi Manchurian can be junk dishes, lazily made by untrained chefs. That ...