Food Talk
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Chicken paté with curry powder, anyone? The strange history of ice cream flavours
Delving into the history of food can bring new perspective to both the past and the present.
Lindsay Middleton, The Conversation
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Espresso, filter, French press: Which method of making coffee gives you the strongest hit?
Caffeine content only explains a small part of the strength of coffee.
Emma Beckett, The Conversation
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Long before Daulat ki Chaat became an Instagram favourite, it was an unembellished country dish
The much-photographed treat is known by many names around North India but its defining characteristic remains the same: Airy lightness.
Anoothi Vishal
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Will the upcoming Indian election be free and fair?
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Why are Indians so preoccupied with what Nagas eat, whether it is dogs, bats or falcons?
Debates about Naga food overlook the perspective that situates it in relation to other aspects of their cultural and political life.
Elspeth Iralu
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Nutrition expert Rujuta Diwekar offers three rules for the kitchen to cut unhealthy practices
Simple changes that can affect daily health, from the author of ‘The 12-week Fitness Project’.
Rujuta Diwekar
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What nutrition studies like the one supporting red meat fail to consider
Food researchers often pool in data from large populations, failing to calculate variations in health risks and metabolism amongst the populations.
Richard Hoffman, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Nearly 75% of Indian executives are overweight, all thanks to that super fatty evening snack
High stress, sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy fat-rich, protein-poor diets have added to Indian corporate workers’ waistlines, a new report says.
Manavi Kapur, qz.com
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There is no such thing as a detoxifying juice – and other fruit myths busted
A diet of only fruit, for example, isn’t actually balanced. It lacks essential nutrients like vitamin B12.
José Miguel Mulet, The Conversation
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I sent my saliva to Norway for a personalised diet plan – and it changed more than the way I eat
Personalised nutrition plans based on DNA-analyses can help extend lives.
Barbara J Stewart-Knox, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Odisha gets Geographical Indication tag for its rasagola
The state government was under pressure to file for recognition of their variant of the sweet in 2018 after West Bengal got the GI tag for the same.
Scroll Staff
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‘Keventers is no longer as good as it used to be,’ says Delhi High Court judge
The judge was hearing a plea filed by Super Milk Products, which had re-launched Keventers in 2015, against one of its licensees.
Scroll Staff
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Meat of the matter: Does the vegetarian burger have a future?
Silicon Valley’s meatless tech burgers are a false kind of moral and environmental revolution.
Alicia Kennedy
The Field
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Football: AIFF five-member committee to seek answers from Igor Stimac on India’s recent dis
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj