DINING HISTORY

The Olympics have played a significant role in transforming food cultures globally. The 1988 Seoul Olympics highlighted Korean dog meat dining, leading to increased opposition and eventual bans as pet ownership rose. The 1964 Tokyo Olympics introduc...

Bohag Bihu, also known as Rongali Bihu, heralds the Assamese New Year and harvest season in Assam. Celebrated from April 14 to 20, it embodies joy through rituals, feasting on traditional delicacies, and vibrant cultural performances like the energe...

Exploring cultural norms and customs surrounding food in Indian and Ethiopian societies. Rukmini Srinivas' memoir "Tiffin" serves as a backdrop, depicting her Tamil Brahmin aunt's strict adherence to dining rules. These customs, rooted in the concep...

Former England football icon David Beckham is scheduled to have an audience with King Charles to discuss the possibility of assuming the role of a celebrity ambassador for a royal charity. This significant development comes in the wake of his estran...

Outsiders may assume Chennai’s cuisine consists of idli-dosa and biryani made with short-grain rice, but the city’s cultural scene combined with its location facing South- East Asia has always meant a large expatriate community, which brought their ...

Proprietors Yadgar Marker and his daughter Phiroza who have been running the historic institution for the past 26 years launched a "Save India Club" appeal a few years back but have now announced its impending closure.

Sommeliers have always used provenance and history to arouse interest in expensive, obscure wines. Meat, fish and even humble vegetables now get the same reverential treatment. One explanation for this trend is the move towards conscious eating amon...

The story of Ramnani’s Karachi Bakery is as old as India’s independence. By leaving behind a small business back in Karachi, which is now in Pakistan, and migrating to Hyderabad with just a handful of recipes, the Sindhi businessman has surely left ...

​​The World's Top 50 Restaurants list is revered worldwide as the definitive assessment and ranking of culinary establishments across the globe. Claiming the highly coveted first position on the list is Central, an exceptional eatery located in Lima...

A statement issued by Ant Group-backed Zomato said the company’s new dining product has been live in Hyderabad for a few weeks with great results. “We are confident that we will create tremendous value and growth for the industry,” a spokesperson fo...

Articles about food on the election trail show that sandwiches are preferred even by veterans like Sharad Pawar.

The AIMIM leader also said the first petition Savarkar wrote was in 1911, just six months after getting to prison and Gandhi was then in South Africa. Savarkar wrote again in 1913/14 and Gandhi's advice is from 1920, he added. "Rajnath Singhji is am...

The lockdown has been a blessing in disguise for Deepak Thakur.

From blocking access to potential spreaders, to keeping distance of six feet within the room, no touch food delivery and dining facility, and mandating Arogya Setu app, company is taking measure to avoid spread of virus in shared spaces.

International food events try to nudge Indians towards communal dining at restaurants.

There was a time in the nation’s history when the use of furniture was so sparse that it had astonished our European visitors. The furniture industry we see today has been shaped with influences from several foreign cultures.

The designer says she wants to call Cartagena in Colombia her home.

Tasting menus are designed to show off a chef’s skill and imagination and this one is a gourmet’s delight.

After the first flush of faddish frenzy around organic food, a handful of chefs, restaurateurs and farmers are quietly working on sustainable dining to change how metropolitan India eats.