Food

With wine societies, a wide selection at most restaurants and increasingly discerning consumers, it's no wonder that wine is becoming the choice of drink for Delhiites.

Looking at pictures of appetizing food can make you hungry, according to a new study. Max Planck researchers’ have documented a study on healthy young men that proves that the amount of the neurosecretory protein hormone ghrelin in the blood increases as a result of visual stimulation through images of food.

Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor just opened a casual eclectic lounge in New Delhi along with starting a channel of his own called Food Food. But there's a lot more to this star than meets the eye. Read on.

Coffee lovers in the Capital are in for a treat, as the India International Coffee Festival has come to Delhi for the first time, after three successful runs in Bengaluru.

Indian households should completely switch to olive oil as a cooking medium as its nutritional value is very high, it is rich in monounsaturated 'good' fats and, when used daily, can bring instant and easy wellness to a family's diet, celebrity chef and noted cookery expert Nita Mehta says.

Dulce de leche and peanut butter-flavored cereals, a lactose-free yogurt and calcium-fortified granola bars are among some of the new product launches scheduled to kick off the new food year.

The whisky industry in Scotland, one of the most popular in the world, has not been affected by the economic downturn because of developing overseas markets, especially in India, China and Brazil, a report said. Whisky has become one of Britain's biggest exports at a time when the country's economy was ailing.

Salted caramel is predicted to have the biggest impact on the food and beverage industry in 2012, says a new report by Bell Flavours & Fragrances. The international company of flavourists and perfumists identified salty caramel as the flavour trend of the year next year.

The unique bubbly fizz and taste that comes on popping the champagne cork is because of trapped carbon dioxide in the drink, a new study has suggested.

A meal where celebrated French chef Alain Passard would cook and six different vintages of Chateau Margaux, Pavillon Blanc and Pavillon Rouge would be served seemed like the dinner of the year. Vir Sanghvi writes...

The city’s proposed 3am deadline may not have come to fruition yet, but there’s no stopping the party people. With more and more options opening up every night, the city’s night owls saw newer haunts like Canvas, The Irish House and Big Nasty this year. 

Perhaps the kids would like to build a gingerbread house? Or perhaps you would like to get clicked with your family at a special studio? Eateries in the capital have lined up activities galore along with slashed menu prices and gift hampers to make Christmas merry for everyone.

Chocolatiers in Lebanon have created a life-sized nativity scene using 120,000 red, green, silver and gold foil-wrapped bonbons to embellish Baby Jesus, Joseph and the Virgin Mary.

A panel of wine experts have come to the "shocking" conclusion that Pinot Noir may not be the ideal pairing for Christmas turkey dinner as traditionally believed.  A burgundy white emerged as the unanimous winner for being the ideal drinking companion to a turkey dinner with vegetables and all the trimmings.