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Where ‘pora’ met ‘pav’: Mumbai is the birthplace of omelette sandwiches
February 4, 2019, 10:35 AM IST
Mumbai has no shortage of iconic sandwiches — Vada pav, and similar street food snacks like samosa-pav and dabeli, the eponymous, vegetable- stuffed Bombay sandwich, basic brun-maska and the newly trendy Kejriwal, which counts as…
February 4, 2019, 10:35 AM IST
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Tunnelling into our lives
January 19, 2019, 2:43 PM IST
Tunnels have got under Mumbai’s skin. Much of last year went by with Mumbaikars having to adjust to the sudden increase in tunnelling work for the city’s Metro. As more and more sections of streets…
January 19, 2019, 2:43 PM IST
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Amidst Brexit, Britain pushes envelope on low-level letterboxes
January 18, 2019, 11:07 PM IST
On July 18, 1947, when royal assent was given to the Indian Independence Bill in the UK’s House of Commons it might have been assumed that such an important matter, ending so much imperial history…
January 18, 2019, 11:07 PM IST
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26/11 – Food for Fear and Recovery
November 24, 2018, 4:32 PM IST
[This piece was published soon after the attacks of 26th November in Mumbai ten years back. It looks at how food helped underline the horror of the events, and also helped people deal with them]…
November 24, 2018, 4:32 PM IST
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Leafy does it: A bit of paan in Indian recipes can give the right spicy, herb-like flavour
November 12, 2018, 11:32 AM IST
It is surprising how many Indians haven’t tasted a plain betel leaf plucked fresh from its vine. They are so deep-rooted in our culture, used in ritual and ceremonies, mentioned in ancient texts and, of…
November 12, 2018, 11:32 AM IST
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How onions brought Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel together
November 1, 2018, 2:50 PM IST
[The completion of the Statue of Unity has brought global attention to Sardar Vallabhai Patel. The Indian government has been lauding his achievement in keeping India united India after Partition, particularly through integration of the…
November 1, 2018, 2:50 PM IST
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Food Fables: M3’s guest appearance
October 30, 2018, 5:28 PM IST
It was sometime in the 1990s that, I think, Methi Malai Mutter started appearing at banquets. As you carried your plate past the tawa where vegetables were being charred to death, past white drifts of…
October 30, 2018, 5:28 PM IST
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Sec 377: The taste of freedom, in sandwiches and squids
September 13, 2018, 1:33 PM IST
The host was a dedicated gourmet and occasional food writer. He had called to invite me for a dinner in honour of a celebrated chef visiting from the USA. I said I’d love to come…
September 13, 2018, 1:33 PM IST
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The dairy life: Can pots be loaded with sour cream instead of curd this Janmashtami?
August 29, 2018, 10:56 AM IST
It might seem odd to say that Indians don’t appreciate cream. We are the great dairy nation, after all, and about to celebrate it by breaking pots of milk products at Janmashtami. Yet cream can…
August 29, 2018, 10:56 AM IST
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V.S.Naipaul and food
August 14, 2018, 6:07 PM IST
[V.S.Naipaul’s death has brought out a flood of articles by writers trying to reconcile his many contradictions and share their anecdotes of awkward encounters with him. This piece, written in 2008, tried to look at…
August 14, 2018, 6:07 PM IST
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Hoping for divine justice: When gods become litigants
August 10, 2018, 10:57 PM IST
The Supreme Court of India is no stranger to unusual arguments. When an institution has the final say on everything from property disputes to a basic right to privacy for Indians, you can be assured…
August 10, 2018, 10:57 PM IST
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How milkshakes made their way to world domination
August 2, 2018, 9:21 AM IST
McDonald’s means hamburgers. But maybe it should mean milkshakes. Because milkshake mixers are what Ray Kroc was selling in 1954, not very successfully, when he suddenly got a big order from a California-based operation run…
August 2, 2018, 9:21 AM IST
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Fish, formalin and fading food traditions
July 20, 2018, 11:40 PM IST
It might be due to old school laboratories that formalin does not have a good reputation. It used to be common for them to have jars of snakes or rats suspended in the murky preservative…
July 20, 2018, 11:40 PM IST
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12-year-itch: If you’re lucky, this is your one chance to get rare kurinji honey
July 18, 2018, 2:23 PM IST
Some food items like bread we buy daily. Others weekly, monthly and some households still gyearly supplies of grains and pulses. But soon I hope to replenish stocks of kurinji honey from 12 years back….
July 18, 2018, 2:23 PM IST
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How vinegar plays versatile roles in people’s life
June 20, 2018, 9:06 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi’s bizarre claim that the founder of Coca-Cola sold shikanji has at least brought well-deserved attention to the refreshing lime juice drink. When mixed with water, sugar and other ingredients, like ginger, jeera or…
June 20, 2018, 9:06 AM IST
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Anthony Bourdain & the Bombay burger
June 8, 2018, 11:06 PM IST
Several years back when Anthony Bourdain was filming in Mumbai I had met him briefly. In true Bourdain style he had just come from a drinking joint in Dharavi and was more than happy to…
June 8, 2018, 11:06 PM IST
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Gourd of all things: The many versions of ‘patol’
June 6, 2018, 12:03 PM IST
The story of the man caught at Kolkata airport with over Rs 46 lakhs in euros and dollars stuffed into the small vegetable called patol, parwal or pointed gourd has received much interest. Some of…
June 6, 2018, 12:03 PM IST
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The mango war! The ‘aam’ party still can’t bridge the regional divide
June 2, 2018, 2:56 PM IST
Today exotic imported fruits are widely available in India but regional varieties of mangoes remain out of reach of most of India. Mumbai: It is a particularly Indian form of social media obsession. Elsewhere Twitter…
June 2, 2018, 2:56 PM IST
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Why the renaming of the Indo-Pacific Command will particularly annoy Pakistan
May 31, 2018, 7:32 PM IST
The recent news that the US military is renaming the US Pacific Command as the US Indo-Pacific Command has been framed as simply a recognition of the inter-connectedness of the larger oceanic area. It might…
May 31, 2018, 7:32 PM IST
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Emmer: Over 10,000 years old, and can still be found in Mumbai
May 23, 2018, 11:23 AM IST
To find something in Mumbai that may have originated over 10,000 years ago, you need to look in the museum — or the markets. Because it is still possible to find shops stocking khapli gehu,…
May 23, 2018, 11:23 AM IST
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