Food

Worried about getting a cold or the flu? For many of us, the knee-jerk action is to take a big dose of daily vitamin C. For many years, C has been the...

Thirty years after scientists coined the term “hygiene hypothesis” to suggest that increased exposure to microorganisms could benefit health...

In this era of oil, technology and information, all of us are busy all the time. There is so much to do, so many demands from within and without, and...

Food has been a network of relationships which has evolved over time in a geographical context! Traditional food recipes have woven in folk wisdom...

In August last year, I spent nearly two weeks in Uttarakhand. For the most part, I ate on the go – in roadside dhabas, train stations, and guesthouses...

Devinder Sharma writes on the dangers of food shipped across continents – grown in one, processed and repacked elsewhere and shipped back to the...

On that day in 1999, Michael Mudd, vice president of Kraft, did “the unthinkable” during his speech — he drew a connection between processed foods and...

You use hing (asafoetida) in your cooking, but do you know what it actually is? No? Then go and find out.

This challenge was given to a group of 25...

If you’re seeking some good news during these troubled times, look at the ecologically sound ways of producing food that have percolated up from the...