Piu & Pom give you some thought for food

Piu & Pom—with their gifts of inquiry and insight—come to life from the pages of our kids’ supplement Gobar Times

The Return of the Black Chicken

Kadaknath is a rare breed of chicken, indigenous to Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. This black bird has been traditionally reared by tribal …

Purple my tea

Originally from Assam, purple tea has a low caffeine content, and filled with medicinal properties

Versatile vitaliser

From enhancing memory to curing leprosy, headache and cough, the thalkudi is a wonder plant, writes R C MISRA

First Food — Recipe Raw Papaya Salad

Recipe for Raw Papaya Salad, taken from the book 'First Food — A Taste of India's Biodiversity' by Sunita Narain and Vinha Varshney

First Food — Recipe Karanda Sabzi

Recipe for Karanda Sabzi, taken from the book 'First Food — A Taste of India's Biodiversity', by Sunita Narain and Vibha Varshney

First Food

Sunita Narain, Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment, talks about the book 'First Food — A taste of India's biodiversity'..

What does the Maggi controversy teach us about junk food?

A CSE study had earlier cautioned that such food contains excess amount of salt and is bad for health

Food contamination: FSSAI proposes inclusion of more products in new draft

Though setting stringent standards on metal content in food is a good step taken by the regulation agency, more needs to be done for the sake of …

More than food

Bihar’s healthy ‘sattu culture’. Make it yours

The desert delight

Guar ki phalli is not only drought-resistant but also nutritious

Protests against retail chains getting into fruits and vegetables

When business rules our kitchens

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

Organisation awarded not just for its previous humanitarian record but also for the role it will play in the post-COVID-19 world

International food standards revised; safe limit for lead reduced

Codex standards now also contain a prescribed daily intake value of potassium, a mineral known to reduce the risk of heart disease

Fungal friend

Carotenoid in a fungi keeps heart diseases, cancer at bay

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Tangy taste: Try a twist in your daal with heiribob this weekend

Little known outside the northeast, the Peel of a wild orange adds flavour to several dishes

बिहार की 1.30 करोड़ आबादी को खाने के लाले: ज्यां द्रेज

बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार को लिखे पत्र में ज्यां ने कहा है कि 30 प्रतिशत आबादी की पहुंच सरकारी राशन दुकानों तक नहीं है

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Food consumption rate in Africa rising 10 times faster than production

Low productivity of smallholder agriculture and growing population are pushing the demand for forest resources

Warning labels should be made mandatory in India: Experts

Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswn had said last week that his ministry would concur with health ministry on the matter

El Niño to affect food production, push up prices in Southern Africa, says report

The negative effect of El Niño will be felt in Central America, South-East Asia and the Pacific, says expert

An unconventional study of the food-cycle

FOOD, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL IN INDIA AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Stuart Gillespie and Geraldine McNeill Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price: