But these dishes were creatures of their time. Just as Escoffier was God’s gift to the dairy and milling industries because all his dishes required cream, butter and flour, the great Indian chefs of ...

I yield to nobody in my admiration of the American Grilled Cheese sandwich, possibly the only edible, fully-vegetarian sandwich to come out of that continent. And I am a fan of all kinds of British ...

Vir Sanghvi is the best-known Indian journalist of his generation. His career straddles print, television, books and now, new media. Vir Sanghvi was born in London in 1956 and educated at Mayo College ...

Vijay Mallya provokes strong reactions. Among people who don’t know him, he is seen as a glamorous jet-set figure, fond of fast cars, fast horses and the fast life. His wealth seems limitless.His ...

But the French are also familiar with the fish of the Mediterranean and it is in these temperate waters that you find another kind of lobster – one that has no claws and that is usually a little ...

Few hotels spawn legends as easily as the Taj. Here’s one that I think will be repeated in all future histories of this grand hotel. According to British newspapers, one of the tourists trapped at the ...

Jairam Ramesh’s massive and painstakingly researched biography covers all of Menon’s life, from his birth into a wealthy Malayali family, to his early association with the Theosophical Society (he ...

Had it not been for the smug foolishness of SPS Rathore, the case would have missed its last appearance in the papers and on TV news. But Rathore took it upon himself to tell journalists that he had ...

Shobha left soon after launch to start her own Celebrity magazine and Nari hired Leela Naidu to replace her. Leela turned out to be a figurehead and Nari ran the magazine himself, behind the scenes.

There are some surprises in this year’s list. For instance, non five-star restaurants and outlets have done very well in areas that were traditionally dominated by the hotel sector. For instance, the ...

The first time I had an authentic Peking Duck in India was at the Great Wall restaurant at the Leela Palace in Mumbai twenty years ago. I was having lunch with Captain CP Krishnan Nair, the Leela ...