Biryani is India’s most popular dish – so why does the BJP hate it so much?

Churlishness against biryani shows how Hindutva is a majority nationalism with a minority complex.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Feb 07, 2020 · 07:44 pm

Ultra-processed foods have been villainised for years – but they’re not all bad

Processed foods allow consumers to save both time and money.

Sylvain Charlebois and Janet Music, The Conversation

· Jul 17, 2019 · 11:30 pm

A vegetarian Durga Puja? Fortune Foods’ apology for ad showing Bengalis eating fish sparks anger

After a Hindutva group called the ad an ‘insult to Hindu faith’, Bengalis pointed out they don’t observe food taboos during the festival, unlike in North India.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 12, 2018 · 04:30 pm

In France, vegetarian alternatives to meat can no longer have non-vegetarian names

With demand for meat alternatives growing, the meat industry is getting protective.

Malte B Rödl, The Conversation

· May 03, 2018 · 08:30 pm

IIT-Bombay row: Is separate-plate rule for meat eaters caste discrimination – or not a big deal?

Debates rage on social media after Hostel 11 asked its residents to use separate plates for non-vegetarian food.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Jan 17, 2018 · 06:30 am

IIT-Bombay students say they were asked to use separate plates for non-vegetarian food at the hostel

However, the hostel mess team has denied that it had issued any such direction.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 16, 2018 · 11:55 am

Food feuds in India: Not just the rosogolla, the sambar also has dodgy origins

Food cultures predate modern identities, so get ready for a whole host of claims.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Nov 21, 2017 · 08:00 am

Video: West Bengal wins Geographical Indication tag battle over rosgulla with Odisha

The sweet’s origins have been disputed for years between the two neighbouring eastern states.

Reuters

· Nov 18, 2017 · 04:00 pm

Causing a stir: When young chefs from 45 nations battled for the top title at a culinary Olympiad

Even though the contest was not televised, it held plenty of drama and nail-biting moments.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Feb 17, 2017 · 11:30 am

French restaurateur welcomes dogs, but bans bankers from his bistro

Alexandre Callet put up a blackboard outside his eatery that read, ‘Dogs allowed, bankers forbidden (unless they pay an entry fee of €70,000)’, a loan he had been denied he needed to open a second shop.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 18, 2016 · 06:41 pm

Meat ban irony: How a Congress-imposed order was cut to size during BJP rule

As it turns out, Mumbai has had meat bans since perhaps 2004. So why the uproar this year?

Aarefa Johari

· Sep 12, 2015 · 09:15 am

Who deserves credit for the rasgulla? Bengalis, Odiyas...or the Portuguese?

A fierce turf war has broken out over whether the rasgulla was invented in Bengal or Odisha.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 04, 2015 · 11:30 am