Vietnam: A hue of flavours ranging from pho to bun bo hue
Express News Service
Eating is a serious business in Vietnam. Even before the sun rises, food stalls spring to life, bright plastic stools are set up on pavements, and…
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Protein-packed insects might be the food of the future
I still remember the outcry a friend sparked at a get-together at our place after his return from Southeast Asia several years ago. He’d come bearing gifts: various kinds of fried insects. I…
Hunger games
One of the best things about the Asterix comic book series is the food that the brave Gaul’s healthy friend, Obelix, eats in every adventure. He holds a barbecued boar dripping with fat,…
Food in comic panels and morality tales
Food is not only a taste bud act but also a visual treat. However, the boilerplate cookbook is unimaginative: a little bit of explanatory text, instructions,…
Favourite dishes of noted cooks are often easy meals with simple ingredients
They may know their white truffles from black, but they keep going back to old memories
There’s a Hindi aphorism that has always intrigued me. It says that a halwai (sweetmeat-maker)…
‘Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain’ Review: The Soul of a Food Star
Early in
Morgan Neville’s
enthralling and unsettling “Roadrunner: A Film About
Anthony Bourdain,
” a documentary feature playing…