It is best to keep meals simple and light on the tummy. Heavy meals result in disturbed sleep. Smart snacking refreshes the body and keeps students alert and awake. What to eat: l Ensure that meals are small and simple. l Snack on crunchy salads such as lettuce, carrot, tomato and cucumber. l Juicy fruits [...]

Italian cuisine is all about simple flavours and prime ingredients but only when the chef gets it right. There are two major drawbacks with eating out. I’m not even talking of expense (high) and hygiene (suspect). One, our culinary exposure and thence domestic kitchen capabilities have got ramped up. So “arugula and Spanish orange salad [...]

Frankly, I was not prepared for the large meal that I was expected to wolf down at Barbeque Nation, but my dinner companion was. He had not had food for most of the day (or so he told me!). Mihir Ranjan Nath, business manager of Barbeque Nation, says that most of his customers admit that [...]

This is a very simple and easy sweet item and I used to like to eat often when I was Kid.I enjoyed well when my Mom prepares it for me and used to pack it in my snack box.As soon as I start kept it in my mouth this delicacy melts soon.Those days are memorable [...]

Tanya Thomas samples the Onam Sadya at Enté Keralam and relives memories of authentic community feasting on the special day in Kerala. I didn’t know that it’s called Sambharam. Buttermilk has always been just morru at home. So now this fancy new name intimidates me a little, and I realise that I don’t know my [...]

Pregnancy is a period of great physiological stress for the woman as she is nurturing a growing fetus in her body. It is time of increased nutritional needs, both to support the rapidly growing fetus and to allow for the changes occurring in the body. Throughout pregnancy, recommended intakes of many vitamins and minerals are [...]

A new study has found that the leading causes of death are no more infectious diseases but chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer – which may be affected by food habits. Researchers investigated eating patterns of over 2500 adults between the ages of 70 and 79 over a ten-year period and found that [...]