The ‘time cafe’ in Kalamaserry, Kochi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT GVQ Time Cafe in Kalamassery, Kochi, is the kind of place that makes you wonder how much more beautiful the pretty white-and-sage green café that sits at the top of a shady slope could get when it rains. We are sitting on the glass-roofed patio…
On an average, 1,000 people visit Food Mall on weekdays. At weekends, the number exceeds 4,000. Over 10 brands operate at the place developed on a 2.5-acre property. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran It was around 12.15 a.m. Two cabs with employees working in a nearby tech company stopped at Food Mall, a food street…
Organic farming is catching on in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris | Video Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy Organic farming is catching on in India, thanks to a growing preference for healthier, sustainable food choices Sikkim is India’s first and only State to attain 100% organic farming status. Now, the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu is aiming to become the…
Several road side food sellers in Tiruchi still use newspapers as an alternative to disposable paper plates despite the directive from FSSAI not to do so. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY Restaurants and eateries in Tiruchi have started complying with the directive issued in September by Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), to…
As there are so many food outlets at night, Kora Karnival focuses more on entertainment. It has battery-operated cars and mini-trains, besides a space for skating. A cricket pitch and football turf are coming up. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj For night crawlers looking for good food and games in Chennai, a new place…
The Baghdadi Jewish community in India may only be around 50 strong today, as documented by the Jewish Women’s Archive, but the larger diaspora is holding on to their history. “My community [also called Mizrahi Jews, as they are from the Middle East and North Africa] embodies many diverse identities and has made significant contributions…
At one time, I was always embarrassed about a Kolkata Christmas. It felt like a big fat slice of colonial nostalgia. The British had left but we had held onto their traditions. Everything about it was fake — the cotton wool snow, the Santa Clauses with crookedly pasted beards, the spindly Christmas trees. In America,…
As 2023 draws to a close, more families are choosing chef-plated dinners at home over the inevitably chaotic restaurant and party scene to celebrate. If you are one of those, here is how to host a Masterchef-worthy meal in your dining room, with all the bells and whistles and none of the hassle. Chef Michel…
The She Made 2024 hamper. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRAGEMENT Nine women have come together with curated handmade, homemade products that can go into hampers for gifting in the New Year. Anna Varghese, who runs Rose Shop and has been curating hampers every year, says, “Usually, while putting together the hamper, I purchase the products…
The 4,500 square feet space has three levels of seating Kale and bok choy chaat At Irida Skky Lounge, the wind whispers secrets in your ears. Secrets that are better deciphered after a few sips of the innovative cocktails that this shiny new resto bar stirs up. “We want to level up,” says Shreyas Asthana, who…
