Michelin aims to create a level playing field by breaking through the power of the big boys and their technological advantages. A small hotel has as much chance of getting on the list as a large ...

Never forget: nobody knows anything. It is an adage popularised by the late William Goldman to describe Hollywood where people confidently predict surefire hits and then end up with massive flops.

The trends are now clear, hoteliering at the very top end of the business is going the way of the restaurant sector. The chains dominate the bottom and middle ends of the market. But at the very top, ...

Of course not. Chillis are part of culture and spices are our heritage. Far from being apologetic, we should be proud. We should uphold our cuisine tradition and take chilies everywhere we go. We ...

It was Narendra Modi’s birthday on Tuesday and the celebrations followed the predictable path of joy, flattery, reverence, and a listing of the great man’s adventures since he took over as prime ...

I used to do an annual round up of the best meals I had eaten in the whole year. Then, the list got so long that I started doing two half-yearly versions. This is the first one of 2024. It has been ...

When I first wrote about Sriracha, it was a sauce that most Indians had not heard of. Only those who travelled to America had tried it and knew that it had become a rage in that country. Its ...

Have you ever wondered why there are some countries where Indians feel much more at home than others? Most of us enjoy, say Hong Kong or Manila. But we don’t feel particularly at home in either place.

It is not immediately obvious because we think it already happened a long time ago. But the truth is that far eastern-food is finally taking off in India only now. Contrary to what we may sometimes ...