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Wanna write a book on Olive Oil

Any takers? The International Olive Oil Council sees a healthy future for olive oil here.

Take this with a Pinch of Salt

It's all about the experience or so we are told. I mean why would you pay Rs 5000 for a meal when you can get better food round the corner at Rs 50? Thank God most of us care more for the food !  Vaishali reigns!

Pakistan and India bury differences over a jar of pickle?

LOC cannot control the taste buds but the government is not in a pickle over it.

Kwality Food

Anybody who has ever been in an Indian hospital either as a visitor or family member of a patient will know what difficulty is faced in getting a meal, let alone a cup of tea. Faced with long hours of waiting, often overnight,  for weeks on end ( as a family member is often the unofficial nurse ) the only way to get fed is getting a tiffin from home.
Hurray for Kwality if they carry on the good work.

The President 's fare

Pratibha Patil eats plain and simple food. Dining on Dal and breakfasts of Uttapam.

Hope for horticulture and Organic Farming

Funded by The State Bank Of India children are being taught vegetable cultivation and organic farming in school In Kerala.

Kerala Cuisine

Ammini has been working on this book for some time. Good to see it is finally out.

The Politics of Food

I thought weed was outlawed in the US. It turns out it's ok in wheat. Read Sunita Narain's perspective on food for the poor.

India the most popular destination for Celebrity Chefs

And now the likeable Gary Rhodes makes his journey to the India. Hope he doesn't botch up his recipes like someone else we've seen on TV.

One Smart Boy

Have his taste buds fed his intellect? Perhaps Altamash is proof of my theories.