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 ...

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 ...

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

So I make no value judgements about Gastro tourism. All I will say is that it now dominates gastronomy at the highest level.

Call me a jaded old bore but these are the current trends/clichés that I hate the most. There has always been a distinction between the European conception of a sandwich and its American counterpart.

The mechanics of the food came next. Madan Jaiswal who had worked at the President Hotel on Asaf Ali Road was brought in to revise and rethink the traditional kabab menu. Jaiswal began making his ...

Fortunately, unlike Shimla, which was destroyed by its own popularity, Mashobra and the areas around it remain unspoiled and quite ethereally beautiful. And Wildflower Hall is still the Queen of the ...

In Europe, asparagus is a seasonal vegetable and in such countries as Germany, Australia and France it is prized for its flavour. In England, the asparagus season lasts for only a few weeks (around ...

I am not necessarily a fan of cookbooks. But I love books about food in general: Something like 40% of the books I buy each month are food-related. Some are travelogues, some are collections of ...

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.

Over the last year, I have been writing about my search for a new generation of South Asian chefs who will follow in the footsteps of the great Gaggan Anand and Manish Mehrotra. So far, I have ...