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We explored 1600s Chennai through food at this intimate supper club
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (362+ words) Did you know tamarind and amla feature in recipes dating back to the early 17th century? Or that betel leaf, betel nut and lime have been found in archaeological excavations from the early centuries of the Tamil region? We discovered both…...
Study finds potato-heavy diets reshaped Indigenous Andean DNA for starch digestion
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (543+ words) "Our metabolic pathways are not simply a product of that Paleolithic past." Potatoes have fed civilizations for thousands of years, but they have done more than that. Scientists have said the crop may have helped shape human biology, giving Indigenous…...
How 2 Bengaluru Sisters Turned Grandma’s Recipe Into A Rs 10 Crore Business
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (67+ words) What started as a family recipe became a business worth crores. Bengaluru sisters Ramya and Shwetha Ravi brought their grandmother’s biryani recipe back to life with a small investment and a big dream. Their journey began during the difficult COVID…...
Eating potatoes reshaped the DNA of Indigenous Andeans
1+ week, 3+ day ago (300+ words) Now a dietary staple around the world, the nutritious potato was first domesticated by the Indigenous peoples of the Andes around 10,000 years ago. It turns out that spuds played such a central role in their diets that their bodies adapted…...
The Eight-Minute Kitchen: How India Put The Grocery Run On A Stopwatch
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1020+ words) The pandemic turned delivery into emergency infrastructure. Quick commerce then compressed the weekly shop into minutes — while older questions of labour, safety and what India should eat refused to disappear. AT 8PM on 24 March 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told India that…...
Liberalisation Eats Lunch: How Global Fast Food Learned To Speak Indian
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1407+ words) The 1991 reforms opened India’s economy, but not an empty dining room. Colas, cornflakes, fried chicken, pizza and burgers arrived with global playbooks — then met local rivals, religious rules and a country unwilling to eat by translation alone. Editor’s note: This…...
The Eight-Minute Kitchen: How India Went From Ration Cards To Quick Commerce
1+ week, 3+ day ago (381+ words) Across eight chapters, Slurrp traces the policies, technologies, people and appetites that moved a new republic from scarcity to food on demand — and asks what abundance still cannot solve. Editor’s note: This article introduces The Eight-Minute Kitchen, an eight-part Slurrp…...
Potatoes may have given Indigenous Andeans a digestive superpower
2+ week, 1+ day ago (896+ words) For thousands of years, potatoes have been central to life in the Andes. Indigenous Andean communities were the first to domesticate the starch-rich crop, turning it into a dietary staple long before potatoes spread around the world. Now, researchers have…...
Tulu Nadu’s vanishing food traditions reflect nature, health and social life: Prof Shivaram Shetty
2+ week, 1+ day ago (416+ words) Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal Bantwal, Aug 9: The food culture of Tulu Nadu is deeply woven into the rhythms of nature, with traditional food practices evolving over different periods to meet the needs of the human body and way of life,…...
From Mill Looms to Mutton: The Untold Story of How Nagpur???s Saoji Was Born
2+ week, 2+ day ago (263+ words) The FDA commissioner’s comment, made at a function in Amravati, drew sharp backlash and demands for an apology from Nagpur. Mundhe refused to budge. But the controversy did something unexpected: it sent people searching for the real story of Saoji…...