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It’s 4 pm and time for guilty pleasures. You reach out for your daily vada pav fix, even though there’s a health clock ticking inside your body that’s not very happy. What’s the alternative? Nothing healthy after all, can beat a vada pav’s fulfilling taste or refresh you like a pani puri. Diet guru and fitness....
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Food wisdom

Now you don’t need to hesitate before adding that dollop of ghee to your paratha or before picking a handful of nuts. Swati Kulkarni, nutritionist at Gold’s Gym India, clarifies myths about food we love to gorge on.
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Food for soul

Of course, we don’t go to a place of worship to eat, but that’s where some of the most satisfying, wholesome treats come from. Sometimes, the way to higher consciousness is through the stomach.....

Food Republic!

This Republic Day, Mirror gets four city chefs to dole out a culinary take on some of the fundamental freedoms our constitution gives us....

Healthy Weight Gain Recipe with Upma

If your constant worry is - "How can I gain weight?" we've got just the healthy weight gain recipe for you. ....

Comfort dessert with healthy ingredients

Ice cream and chocolate cakes are common favourites, but for me it's caramel custard all the way - the evergreen dessert that always comes to mind when I think of my favourite desserts....

The Eater-Net

I knew I’d found a kindred foodie soul when I found a whole post dedicated to the slurp-inducing Bruschetta that the character Julie makes in the film Julie and Julia. And then there was Spaghetti in Lemon Cream Sauce.
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Mouthwatering Morocco

My affair with Moroccan food — definitely one of my favourite cuisines — began when a cruise liner I was on anchored at a Moroccan port. We had a local chef come on board who cooked with fresh local produce, and off the boat I explored the cuisine on my own!....

This fish is Pure Veg

The idea has its origins in a Sindhi destination wedding held two years ago, hosting 1,000 guests in Bangkok. Actor-turnedentrepreneur Pinky Harwani was expecting seafood fresh off the boat. “But the parents of the couple were followers of Radha Soami. Despite being in a seafood....

The French - Tamil love child

Imagine a childhood such as this: The daughter of a Vietnamese mother and Tamil-speaking, French educated, medical practitioner father is treated to Sunday lunches that are prepared for a family of 17 in a home without a fridge, oven or gas. Vegetables are peeled the night before, and cooking kicks off at ....

Happy Bite

Food has always been important and close to my heart. As a child I was always around cousins and there were times when we enjoyed hogging together. My sister and I would open our skirt buttons to take in more food. During winter, my aunt would make gajar ka halwa and we kids would sit around....

So Cheesy!

Chef Walter D’Rozario has a solid 30 years of experience in the culinary world, and just won the Chopped title of the Food Network’s New York leg. He’s travelled the world, worked at several Michelin-starred restaurants, given New York diners a taste of great food for the last 20 years ....

Happy Bite

The only thing I really cannot do without is coffee. I find it funny when people carry food around, I mean I don’t understand how food can make your break your day. I am not a foodie and that is a defence mechanism because I cannot cook to save....

Mithai as health tonic

From scrumptious karanjis to ghee-laden anarsas and spiral chaklis, making sweets and savouries during Diwali has been a long-standing tradition. What’s probably going to be music to the sweet-toothed’s ear is Dr Balaji Tambe’s ....

Happy Bite

Comfort food is all about familiarity. The dish has to connect with me instantly. I should be reminded of a happy moment when I eat it. For me, comfort food completely depends on my mood. I am not finicky about food and can eat ....

Happy Bite

Food that instantly takes me back to my childhood is comfort food. When I have the dishes I relished back then, it always satisfies my tastebuds and senses. For example, a type of dal prepared at my mother’s house is heavenly. Comfort food should elevate and satisfy one completely. I should be....

Happy Bite

Comfort food for me means light and foods that can be easily digested. I love sweets but I prefer simple meals. I stay off junk food completely. I take care of my diet and like nutritious food. What I eat should stay fresh and tasty during those long hours at a shoot. So I always carry my dabba with....

A feast for fasters!

Navratri — the nine days of the year the country wakes up to the worship of a devi/shakti in myriad forms, across pockets of its geography. Amidst a haze of incense, prayer, dance, colour and music, there are intense celebrations and some delicious food! ....