Bowled Over Cricket & Food!
‘Caught’, ‘Bowled’, ‘Fours’ and ‘Six’ are going to be universal and you’ll be hearing them every where as it’s roaring cricket all over India. We all are mad about food & cricket so, it’s our...
View ArticleGreen Tea Or Masala Chai? Choose Your Pick!
Tea is a mass drink. Consumed across the globe in various forms, it has a huge following. However in India, the good’ol ‘Masala Chai’, which is a blend of black tea and Indian spices, has always been...
View ArticleIndian Street Food: Then & Now
Street food has always been a huge hit among the masses. Travel back in time and remember the good ol’ days when your grandmother narrated those tales of food at bedtime. Those were the days of...
View Article15 Beauty Foods
It’s been said that ‘you are what you eat’ and the term is nothing short of reality! It’s a known fact that a constant flow of minerals, vitamins and other essential nutrients enhances beauty in the...
View ArticleFive Beer Based Cocktails!
O’zapft’ or ‘It’s tapped’ fellas! Yes, the long awaited words that mark the beginning of one of the biggest festivals of Germany, Oktoberfest, are now ringing out loud. Not only have the gates to the...
View ArticleFood In Vogue!
Just like the glitzy glamour world, even the food world has its own razzmatazz. Some food items hog the limelight for their taste, utility and appearance while others go completely unnoticed at the...
View ArticleA Walk Through Durga Puja!
‘Durga Puja’ or ‘Durgotsava’ is one of the biggest celebrations in the Hindu festival calendar. During those six days, the entire nation revels in the joy of Goddess Durga’s victory on the treacherous...
View ArticleA Taste Of Your Zodiac!
Are you that person who opens the newspaper every morning and makes a beeline for the horoscope? Are you a believer – that person who prefers to go by a bus, not car because the cards say driving is a...
View ArticleSpooktacular- It’s Halloween Time!
The dead will walk on the streets and the sky will see witches flying on their broom! Halloween- the deadliest, scariest, spookiest night of the year is here again! It’s that time of October when...
View Article5 Healthy Breakfast Recipes
‘One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.’- Robert A. Heinlein. That’s indeed the punch of a power-packed breakfast. Any morning can be a ‘good morning’ if you begin...
View Article‘The Foodalogue’ With MasterChef Kunal Kapur
You must have seen him on your TV screen as a judge of the popular food reality show, MasterChef India. A Chef extraordinaire, Kunal Kapur needs no introduction in the world of food. A typical Punjabi...
View Article26 Awesome Kitchen Hacks To Simplify Your Life
Let’s be honest. How many times have you landed in a soup in the kitchen? How many times have you been faced with the not-so-unlikely in your-case situations like too much salt in the gravy or rice...
View Article7 Easy And Quick Christmas Recipes
Preparing a feast for Christmas and worrying about the ‘how’? You can take a sigh of relief and just read this piece. From turkey to chicken and cake to shortbread, TimesCity has a list of the...
View Article5 Easy Dessert Recipes
‘Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.’ – Ernestine Ulmer Such is the irrevocable love for desserts that one who has tasted a perfect slice of a gooey chocolate cake or a spoon of piping hot gajar...
View Article5 Maggi Recipes With A Twist
Do you remember the popular advertisement of Maggi noodles in the 80s where two kids after their playtime, enter the house screaming – ‘Mummy bade ghazab ki bhookh lagi, Maggi chhaiye mujhe abhi?’ The...
View ArticleButter Flavours From Across The Globe
Last weekend, while doing my weekly grocery shopping at the nearest department store, I bumped into a kiosk of “homemade butter”. The stacks of neatly piled round boxes of butter looked attractive and...
View Article7 Odd Food Combinations That You Must Try!
‘You say freak, I say unique.’ ― Christian Baloga. Food is all about innovation. I realised this when one fine evening, alone, starved and tired at home, I walked up to the kitchen and picked mayo,...
View ArticleAn Evening Of Wine Tasting
“Beer is made by men, wine by God.” – Martin Luther. A bubbling sip of the finest of Fratelli Wines made me believe in that statement. It was a chilly winter evening when the who’s who of capital had...
View Article5 Leftover Food Recipes
Imagine this: Early morning you walk up to the kitchen to make breakfast. You open the fridge and gaze through the ingredients. While you wonder what to cook, you catch sight of a bowl of last night’s...
View ArticleIn Pics: Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2014
February is not just the month of love for Delhi, there’s more! It’s that pleasant time of the year when one can marvel the sight of the finest of handlooms, handicrafts and flavours of the country at...
View Article10 Unusual Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
February 14, internationally recognized as the day of romance – or Valentine’s Day as it is more commonly known – is just around the corner. So how are you planning to charm your loved one this year?...
View Article16 New Age Food Words
The other day, while going through a food magazine, I came across a couple of food words that forced me to open the dictionary. Surprisingly I didn’t find these words in there dictionary. An extensive...
View ArticleWomen And Their Food
Harry Burns: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance. Sally Albright: Which one am I? Harry Burns: You’re the worst kind; you’re high maintenance but you think you’re low...
View ArticleMeet The Desi Dessert Queens!
Ask any wise man – Why do women love desserts so much? And they all will echo the same thought – “Dessert and Women are exactly the same, so multifaceted. They can be hot or cool, both have the oomph...
View Article5 Unique Holi Celebrations
What comes to your mind when you think of the popular Indian festival – Holi? Some of the common replies would range from gulaal to gujiyas, thandai to pichkaris and bhang to chaat! Or it can be...
View ArticleAll About Olives
Popeye: They’ve got me Olive Oyl and Swee’Pea. Poopdeck Pappy: Olive Oyl? Swee’Pea? What are you doing? Making a salad? I want me treasure, do you here me? I want me treasure! Poopdeck Pappy probably...
View ArticleExquisite Dessert Recipes By Chefs
Ever wondered about the secret behind the perfection and the finesse of desserts at popular patisseries and bakeries? Yes? Well you can create the same magic in your kitchen and become a master of...
View Article4 Easy To Make Soup Recipes
Last weekend, my 12 year old cousin who was sick, extremely annoying and refusing to eat anything was at home. Ironically, on Sunday the entire family had to take a short trip out of the town. The...
View ArticleVeggie Of The Month: Eggplant
Whether it’s spicy curries, raw salads or pizza toppings, nothing beats the nutrients and health benefits – reduced cholesterol levels, lowered risk of heart diseases and lowered calorie intake – of...
View ArticleThe New Wave Of Food Entrepreneurs
As an avid reader, I had once read a biography of one of the most glamorous duchess of the twentieth Century. There I was first introduced to the concept of ‘paying dinner guests’ which was one of the...
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