Hindustan Times
The samosa is the archetypal Indian snack. You can have hot samosas with your tea or you can have them cold, several hours after they have been made. You can have your samosas filled with spicy keema or you can have totally vegetarian versions filled with potatoes, paneer or even peas and French beans. You can enjoy the hefty Punjabi version or you can have the thinner, more delicate Bohra version from Bombay. You can eat your samosa on the railway platform in Ambala or you can buy it from a bakery in Alleppey. Read more
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Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Alleppey, Ambala, Bohra, Bombay, paneer, Potatoes, samosa, spicy keema
Local councils in the Italian city of Milan in the Lombardy region are considering whether to impose a ban on restaurants serving non-Italian food. In one town in the region, four kebab shops have been denied licenses on the grounds that their cuisine is against the traditions of Italy. This bizarre move appears to have the support of Silvio Berlusconi, the equally bizarre media magnate who is the current Prime Minister of Italy. Read more
(4 votes, average: 2.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged BJP, Chianti, Chicken, Chillies, Corn, Dravidians, Europeans, Food Traditions, Fruits, Hamburger, Hindu Community, Indian Cuisine, Islamic Food, Italian, Kebab Shops, Makki Di Roti, McDonald’s, Milan, Militant Gujaratis, Muslim Community, Non Italian Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Pizza, Potatoes, Punjabi, Restaurants, Silvio Berlusconi, Snack Bars, Tikka Pizza, Tomatoes
As you probably know, there is a scale that measures the hotness of chillies. And many fans of the chilli pride themselves on the extent to which they can eat hot chillies without collapsing. My friend, the late Sabina Saigal Saikia, for instance, could consume the hottest of chillies and still smile while the rest of us would be looking for water, Coke, ice-cream, anything! to put out the fires in our mouths. Read more
(2 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Boiled Prawns, Chillies, Chutneys, Coke, Europe, French, Garlic, Garlic Sauce, Gujarati Cooking, Ice Cream, Indian Dish, Lasan ni Chutni, Olive Oil, Onions, Oriental Cuisine, Potatoes, Restaurants, Spaghetti, Water
Why does wine often not taste right? The answer lies in a little-known chlorinated compound called TCA, which can taint corks and sometimes even entire wineries… Read more
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Alcohol, Apple, Bars, Best Wine, Bombay, California, Cork, Corked Bottles, French Magazine, French Wine, Indian Hotels, Indian Wine, Indian Wineries, Lafite, L’Express, Mouton, Oxidisation, Potatoes, Restaurants, Rude Food, Sassicaia, TCA, TCA Problem, Trichloranisole, Vinegar, Waiters, Whiskered Wine, White Wine, Wine, Wine Bottle, Wine Business, Wine Importer, Wine Industry, Wine Lovers, Wine Waiters, Winery
It’s a nagging thought that’s never found full expression. But each time I would read about medieval Europeans and their rush to find a way to get to India to discover the riches of the East, something inside me would stir uneasily. Pepper, I would read, was more precious than gold in Europe in those days. A single nutmeg commanded prices we associate with white truffles in modern times.
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(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 9:38 am
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Alexander The Great, American, Arab, Chandragupta Maurya, Chillies, Christopher Columbus, Doctor Vikram, East India Company, Economic Times, Europe, Food Historian, Genoa, Greeks, India, Indian Spices, Italian Wine, Marco Polo, Medieval Europeans, Mediterranean, Middle East, Modern Times, North Africa, Orissa, Pondicherry, Portuguese, Potatoes, Romans, Rome, South America, South India, Spices, Tomatoes, TV, TV Series, Vasco da Gama, Venice, Waters, Wine
Four internationally renowned chefs - Nobu, Giorgio Locatelli, Santi Santamaria and Michel Rostang - opened restaurants at Dubai’s newest luxury resort. Will the food approach the levels it reaches at their principal restaurants? Read more
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