Event: MasterChef Oz Judges Tell Mumbai’s Culinary Students To Focus On Their Passion Manisha Sharma October 25, 2012 Expert Advice & Tips 2 On Monday, the Australian Consulate General that’s hosting Oz Fest in Mumbai, invited MasterChef Australia celebrity judges Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris to judge the cooking of Indian culinary s...
Ready-to-eat Bhel Puri: How Does Local Chheda Stack Up Against Haldiram’s? Uttarika Kumaran October 19, 2012 Food Products & Beverages 1 After our Mother Dairy Mishti Doi review, we’ve been keeping an eye out for other regional specialities that have now become available nationally (and sometimes even globally) in packaged form. Now...
Hide & Seek Fab! Cream Biscuits Are Not So Fab When It Comes to Taste Uttarika Kumaran October 2, 2012 Food Products & Beverages 3 Choco chip cookie cream sandwich. Wow, that’s a lot of delicious-sounding words for what is essentially a cream biscuit. And yet, Parle’s foolishly brave attempt to raise expectations, coupled with th...
Juicy Kebabs and Creamy Shawarmas at Mahim Bazaar’s Khao Galli Neha Amesur September 11, 2012 Eating Joints 1 http://youtu.be/cSf4nZrkwMc I love street food, especially meat on skewers, and I’m drawn to it like a moth to the flame. I wouldn’t say I’m up for it every second day or could even digest all that meat, but I...
Recipe: Classic Lemon Cake Pudding in a Jiffy! Manisha Sharma September 6, 2012 Cooking & How To 1 http://youtu.be/ri1TcQi008UWith so many international desserts making their presence felt on restaurant menus in India, chefs and foodies sometimes tend to overlook the simplicity of classic desserts. They may ...
A Beginners’ Guide to Olive Oil: Grades, How to Store and Health Benefits Manisha Sharma September 1, 2012 Cooking & How To http://youtu.be/wlk9WJeklFc?&rel=0&hl=en&fs=1 With our growing exposure to international cuisine, several Indians today are familiar with olive oil and have tasted it. We even see it on our supermarket shelves...
Chicken Soup for the Soul to Finally Aim for the Stomach with Launch of Noodle Soup Uttarika Kumaran August 29, 2012 Food & Health News It’s as if the marketing division at Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing suddenly ran out of ideas. Or they ordered in during a brainstorming meet and stopped mid-slurp to exclaim – ‘Hey, we forgot about chick...
Boost your Metabolism to Lose Weight Manisha Sharma August 21, 2012 Nutrition & Fitness Articles and videos pertaining to weight-loss and diets often refer to dieting methods, low-calorie foods and exercise regimens. But no one really talks about metabolism, metabolic rates and their connection with losing weight or at least to keeping it in check. Metabolism refers to the physical and chemical processes that happen naturally in our bodies in order to sustain life like breathing, tissue repair, digestion, the beating of the heart, thinking, laughing or really any sort of activity.