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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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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Mine but not really mine: Why ‘owning’ digital items doesn’t feel the same
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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: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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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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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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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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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest winner in history of Candidates tournament
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ISL 2024: Vikram Partap Singh bounced back from tragedy to reach great heights in breakthrough year