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“Man cannot live by bread alone.” Well, bread and beer use (almost) the same ingredients thereby allowing one to put a (heady) twist on this adage. Cheeky as that may sound, even some historians contend that beer possibly came before leavened bread. Today, it remains the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world, ranked third…
https://www.profitableratecpm.com/uee56znv?key=8f9ddbf2d40d4c791fc2f8f9b566cf05 Cookies baked with Breadway without preservatives and artificial emulsifiers dished out at Breadway bakery in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak The sweet smell of freshly-baked multi-grain bread greets us as we enter this cosy bakery. Breadway, an artisanal bakery located at Murli Nagar in Visakhapatnam, is the “home of chemical free bakes”. City-based…
Annamma Mathew, more popularly known as Mrs K M Mathew, woke up every morning at 3.30am and picked a new recipe to try out for the day. Dishes she had probably tried out at a restaurant or read about in a book. “She hated asking for recipes,” says her daughter Thangam Mammen, “She would eat…
Why is ‘Ayyampalayam Nettai’ coconut variety unique? | Video Credit: G. Karthikeyan Ayyampalayam, a town on the way towards Marudhanidhi dam in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu, is known for this unique variety of coconut. https://www.profitableratecpm.com/uee56znv?key=8f9ddbf2d40d4c791fc2f8f9b566cf05 ‘Ayyampalayam Nettai’ coconut trees near Marudhanidhi dam in Dindigul district | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan This coconut variety is…
Picture this: a freshly washed banana leaf on which is served an elaborate sadya, complete with avail, thoran, a heap of hot rice, payasam, and other Kerala delicacies. If you are visualising eating this meal at a restaurant, think again. It is in fact a miniature sadya, crafted in clay, and mounted on a fridge…
For TC Anbanandan and his family, the day begins at 4 am. They prepare and serve breakfast for office and school goers by 7.30am, followed by an elaborate lunch by noon. There is little respite from the stove. A separate dinner menu then needs to be ready by 7pm. “We function out of our own…
https://www.profitableratecpm.com/uee56znv?key=8f9ddbf2d40d4c791fc2f8f9b566cf05 Millet set meal combo at Millet Magic Meal | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement An electronics engineer by profession, 50-year-old S Adhieswari, had always nurtured a passion for cooking and in 2015 she launched her first cloud kitchen in Mylapore, focussing only on millet-based food preparations. “In no time, there was a fan following for…
When you think of sparkling wines, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, the largest producer of Champagne in the world with a revenue of $2.2 billion in 2022, comes to mind for obvious reasons. But Chandon India, one of the six connected wineries under the brand (others located in Argentina, California, Brazil, Australia, and China) has embarked on…
https://www.profitableratecpm.com/uee56znv?key=8f9ddbf2d40d4c791fc2f8f9b566cf05 A view of My Farm, a farm-to-fork set-up spread over a 100 acres farm area near Vepada, 60 kilometres from Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR The inviting aroma of gongura podi (sorrel leaves powder) and avakaya pachidi mixed with steaming ghee rice makes its way into a quiet, sun-dappled evening at My Farm,…
The introductory paragraph to Sonal Ved’s latest cookbook, India Local, describes it as a ‘cross-country culinary adventure’. And rightly so, as the author-journalist brings us recipes of over 90+ classic chaats, and 45+ street food delicacies from across the country. “I started work on this book two-and-a-half years ago,” says Sonal, who was working on…
