Indian Food

Drop in nutrition, calorie intake in 80% of rural population: Economist

Rural population has been grappling with decline in food and nutrition intake after the advent of the neo-liberal policies in the early 1990s with an estimated 80 per cent of them now having less than 2,200 calories per day, according to economist Utsa Patnaik. "The nutritional intake data is not there. But from whatever there is, by using certain approximations, I estimate that more than 80 per cent of the rural population has slipped below 2,200 calories per day intake," she said while delivering the second P Sundarayya memorial lecture on the topic 'Agrarian Distress, Worker-Peasant Alliance and Resistance to Corporate and Imperialist Designs in India' here on Wednesday evening. "That is what the data tell us. That is what the government's own data from the annual economic surveys and from the National Sample Service tell us. And of course, all these claims of declining mass poverty is completely false," she alleged. The accepted average calorie requirement in India is 2400 ...

Haldiram Snacks' promoters revise stake sale plans, look to offload 10-15%

Earlier, the promoters of Haldiram's were exploring the possibility of selling a controlling 51 per cent stake, a move that would have valued the company between $8 billion and $10 billion

India's sustainable eating habits could save the planet, says WWF report

The WWF's Living Planet Report praises India's food consumption practices as the most sustainable among G20 nations, highlighting their potential to mitigate climate change

EU flagged cancer-causing chemicals in 527 Indian food products: Report

Recently, MDH and Everest spices have come under scrutiny for allegedly containing traces of ethylene oxide above permissible levels

Navalny's final months, in his own words: Trump, Indian food, books

"If they're told to feed you caviar tomorrow, they'll feed you caviar," Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, wrote to the same acquaintance, Ilia Krasilshchik, in August

No appetite for food safety

States must enhance safety mechanisms

Healthy and delicious: India's regional food widens reach, appeal

Be it Bihari Champaran meat sold in roadside eateries or Mumbai Pao served to G20 leaders, state delicacies are going places

Pinwheel Samosa in Mumbai, Makhni Pasta in Delhi: Tim Hortons goes desi

Tim Hortons' cheapest food item in India is Timbits, or 'donut holes' priced at Rs 39

America's best restaurant Chai Pani pays homage to India's fave snack food

Very few Indians know their favorite snack has an American connection, and it's a safe bet that even fewer Americans know their country's contribution to Indian street food

76th Independence Day celebration: Dishes and food at Rashtrapati Bhavan

As India marks its 76th Independence day, distinct food items, dishes and cuisines will be made everywhere. Read this article to know more about cuisines, dishes, and food items at Rashtrapati Bhawan

A taste for success: Chef Sanjeev Kapoor on TV, restaurants, business

A trailblazer, Kapoor tells Akshara Srivastava about reinventing himself in the kitchen

North Carolina-based Indian eatery Chai Pani voted best restaurant in US

Other winners included the Native American restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis, where the staff is 75% indigenous, as Best New Restaurant

How Indian food can predict vote choice

Questions about food, travel and the kinds of sports people engage in can be used as an index of someone's local versus cosmopolitan orientation

Eat before reading

Book review of The Indian Pantry

Think twice before you bite into extreme diets that claim to work wonders

Extreme diets that test your body and your resolve often claim to work wonders, but think twice before you bite into them

First Food: New cultures

Good Food is First Food - not junk food - instead it is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods

60% travellers would prefer Indian food on their international trip: Report

Indians usually prefer buying chocolates (49 per cent), followed by fashion apparel and accessories (17 per cent) in their international trips

Michelin in India: Twinkle twinkle no star

There was excitement when chef Sanjeev Kapoor and 'Khichdi' made it to the Guinness book of records. But were we not getting ecstatic on an achievement that signalled quantity, not quality?