Bamboo shoots: Rich in nutrition as well as flavour

Young, edible shoots are rich in vitamins and amino acids

Finding ways to fight obesity? Coffee could be your fix

A research finds that coffee helps burn brown fat and has anti-obesity characteristics

Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa 

Bhang pakora

Parijaat kalakand

Food security ordinance: where we stand

Mineral-packed crops

Food security

Birth of the cool

Fridges to hum on sound waves

Tangy turnip

Science & Technology - Briefs

Whose inflation is it anyway?

Government sat on grain stocks while food prices shot up

Out of reach

Migrants and tribals deprived of rations; public tribunal steps in

Setaria italica: Foxtail millet

This is one of the earliest millets to be cultivated and has a sweet, nutty flavour. It is considered one of the most digestible and non-…

Perks of peanut

The versatile groundnut is a protein-packed addition to diet

Simply Put: All about diet

‘Green should be the colour of the future’: Global bodies launch campaign to protect forests

Joint Call to Action for Forests to highlight need for increased action, political commitment to implement forest solutions in pursuit of SDGs

What’s in your food? Bournvita row sparks front-of-package labelling discourse

The product allegedly has an absurdly high sugar content, which remains hidden or missing in its advertising, packaging and labelling

First Food: Celebrating India's Food Biodiversity

Down to Earth collaborated with Chor Bizarre, an Indian restaurant chain, to celebrate an evening of traditional Indian food. Chef Rajiv Malhotra …

Many hues of haldi

Turmeric plays a prominent role not just in our kitchens, but in many auspicious rites and rituals as well

Indian scientists find a way to enhance fat-burning capacity of chilli

Capsaicin, an active ingredient of chilli, is known to have anti-obesity or fat reducing properties

DTE recommends: What to eat, watch, do

Here's all about a painting exhibition in London, a mango festival in New Delhi and documentary on rare totoaba fish

Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession

An inflation watcher used the current US situation to break down inflation for the layperson

Orange cucumber from North East is storehouse of Vitamin A: Study

At a stage when it is eaten as salad, the carotenoid content in orange-fleshed varieties was 2-4 times greater than the normal variety

Climate change eats into output of top 10 food crops

Production decreased unequally for barley, cassava, maize, oil palm, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat