Express News Service The saying “some of the world’s greatest discoveries occur by accident” couldn’t be more apt for how burrata came to become one of Chef Vicky Ratnani’s favourite cheeses. Having run out of white butter to top his chicken makhani at one of his pop-up meals at a Delhi five-star hotel, the TV…
Express News Service A few weeks ago, we were treated to the creamiest, most flavoursome ‘Khauk Swe’— or, as we’d know it more commonly, Khao Suey. A humble Burmese noodle soup in its essence, chances are that it is among your all-time favourite comfort foods. The maker of this dish was a dear friend —…
Express News Service The ritzy stretch of Assagao in North Goa has, in recent times, become a hotbed of culinary activity. Chefs, mixologists and well-heeled residents of luxury villa owners populate the neighbourhood. The recent entrant to the scene is chef Amninder Sandhu, whose new outpost, Bawri, has just opened its uninhibited, green spaces to…
Express News Service A UFO craze is sweeping America. The Pentagon reports alien aircraft being chased by USAF pilots. There is a tabloid tattle about captured aliens being studied in secret government labs. But in Moses Lake, a small lakeside city in Washington state, space-time comes every August. Space burgers are the flavour of the…
Express News Service In her recent Instagram post, chef and cookbook author Anahita Dhondy finishes her Millet Monday segment with an easy-peasy egg and okra with barnyard millets (samvat ke chawal) recipe, and as always it looks healthily delicious. Dhondy discovered the “goodness grain” in 2018. In 2023, keeping up with the United Nations’ International…
Express News Service “Thank you for not wearing perfume today. The cologne interferes with the activity we will be doing now,” says Chaitanya Muppala, as he puts forward a tray with cacao (beans from which chocolate is made) nibs. “These are nature’s chocolate chips, crushed pieces of cacao bean that have gone through the fermenting,…
Express News Service Two young pastry chefs, one of them from the Whitecaps International School for Bakery of Bengaluru, have won the Junior Pastry Indian Cup 2023. Organized by Hammer Publishers’ Pvt Ltd, in association with the Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University, at the India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida, in August, the…
Express News Service Sometime in mid-2020, home chef Roopali Mohanti took to WhatsApp to share with close friends a recipe a day, comprising dishes from across the country—phoolkopir malai curry (cauliflower curry in coconut cream) from Kolkata, Purani Dilli yakhni pulao (a rice dish) from Delhi, potato saagu (a non-spicy potato curry) from the Konkan,…
By Express News Service CHENNAI: In 1998, The Cake World was established in Chennai by Chef Lawrence. He learned his skills of bakery and confectionery from Germany and China with various designs and varieties of cakes. Today The Cake World is a well-renowned exclusive retail cake shop with a reputation for its high-quality cakes. It…
Express News Service Revolutions are born from the need of the moment. Such is the story of Panchal Dairy, named after the Panchal Rabari pastoral community of Gujarat, which rears the indigenous Panchali sheep. Headed by 25-year-olds Arpan Kalotra and Bhimsinhbhai Ghanghal this artisan cheese-making facility in the village of Sayla, 136 km from Ahmedabad,…
