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Food history

  • India has barely scratched the surface of its rich food heritage

    India has barely scratched the surface of its rich food heritage

    Siobhan Lambert-Hurley
    · Jul 12, 2020 · 11:30 am
  • As Pondicherry’s Creole food fades from restaurants, a Kannadiga home chef has become its evangelist

    As Pondicherry’s Creole food fades from restaurants, a Kannadiga home chef has become its evangelist

    Priyadarshini Chatterjee
    · Apr 03, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • Why Kolkata is lamenting the end of a meat shop started by a Hungarian trapeze artist in the 1940s

    Why Kolkata is lamenting the end of a meat shop started by a Hungarian trapeze artist in the 1940s

    Priyadarshini Chatterjee
    · Jan 21, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • The forgotten story of India’s Julia Child who went from being a homemaker to food writer to TV chef

    The forgotten story of India’s Julia Child who went from being a homemaker to food writer to TV chef

    Aditya Iyer
    · Aug 06, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • Curry from the colonies: The incredible advice for young brides from Raj-era cookbooks

    Curry from the colonies: The incredible advice for young brides from Raj-era cookbooks

    Anu Kumar
    · Jan 16, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • The amazing story of the chef-conman who first made America fall in love with curry

    The amazing story of the chef-conman who first made America fall in love with curry

    Arup K Chatterjee
    · Nov 30, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Video: How Christopher Columbus’ journeys to America changed India’s diet

    Video: How Christopher Columbus’ journeys to America changed India’s diet

    Ramakrishnan M
    · Nov 08, 2017 · 08:45 am
  • How the humble potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

    How the humble potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

    Rebecca Earle, The Conversation
    · Aug 05, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • Nobody in India is as mad about mangoes as the Sheherwali Jains of Bengal

    Nobody in India is as mad about mangoes as the Sheherwali Jains of Bengal

    Priyadarshini Chatterjee
    · May 19, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Panneer soda: Tamil Nadu boycott of Pepsi, Coke has elated the lovers of a local soda drink

    Panneer soda: Tamil Nadu boycott of Pepsi, Coke has elated the lovers of a local soda drink

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Mar 07, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Why an ex-journalist chose to document his Dalit culture in a food book

    Why an ex-journalist chose to document his Dalit culture in a food book

    Aakash Karkare
    · Nov 15, 2016 · 11:30 am
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