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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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Why Justice Datta’s attack on petitioner in VVPAT verdict is worrisome for PILs
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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How Hindutva is reshaping India’s classrooms
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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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: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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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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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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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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Fitness watch: Project launched in England to study causes of ACL injuries in women’s football
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IPL 2024: Bowlers, Marcus Stoinis help Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav, D Hemalatha propel visitors to win in rain-marred second T20I
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson included in Rohit Sharma-led India squad
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Badminton, Uber Cup 2024: India lose to China in group stage-decider; progress to quarter-final