The legitimate ‘fake’ paneer falls into the same category as mass-produced industrial ice cream (which manufacturers are now obliged to call ‘frozen dessert’ because it isn’t ice cream at all) and ...

Let’s start with the source of the allegations. AS Dulat is probably India’s most respected former spy. He rose to be Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) before going on to head the ...

This creates supply chain constraints. Many Hermes products are in short supply and waiting lists can get longer and longer. But, remarkably, customers are prepared to wait. They know that this ...

Is there no escaping the golgappa? I recently went to a South Indian restaurant in Kuala Lumpur and there, among the starters, was a golgappa filled with Kerala flavours of prawn, tamarind and rasam.

Malaysia is the South East Asian destination that Indians never pay enough attention to. I plead guilty myself to this neglect. Nearly two decades ago I went to Kuala Lumpur and Penang to shoot for my ...

What makes a chef who runs a three Michelin star restaurant so different from the rest? What is it about his cooking that so impresses the Michelin inspectors? Unless you operate within the top level ...

It’s not a story that Air India tells about itself though perhaps that could be because everyone who remembers it has probably left the airline. But, in the 1960s and for much of the 1970s Air India ...

What’s one major difference between eating at home and eating at a fancy European style restaurant? Easy: At home we share everything. At upmarket restaurants we have to eat fancy food carefully ...

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 ...