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In Kashmir’s traditional rice, clues to a journey from East Asia. @AzmatHirra writes thehindu.com/sci-tech/scienc…

In Kashmir’s traditional rice, clues to a journey from East Asia

Kashmir’s traditional varieties carry cold-tolerance and other locally adapted genes that modern varieties have partly lost, making them potentially valuable as climate change increases stress on...

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One nation, one papad: The pursuit of food uniformity threatens India’s peace and progress. ✍️@vargheseKgeorge thehindu.com/news/national/o…

One nation, one papad: The pursuit of food uniformity threatens India’s peace and progress

Debate over FSSAI papad moisture limits reveals India’s tension between national uniformity and regional culinary diversity.

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Meet the duo giving unsold food a second life across Bengaluru and Hyderabad. @Nidhi_Adlakha reports thehindu.com/food/features/m…

Replate: Bengaluru App Turning Unsold Food into Affordable Meals

Bengaluru-based Replate connects customers with restaurants and bakeries selling unsold food in surprise bags, helping reduce food waste and recover costs.

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Sweet shops gear up for Deepavali buyers thehindu.com/news/cities/Tir…

Sweet shops gear up for Deepavali buyers

Tiruchi sweet shops prep for Deepavali with new branded sweets, affordable hampers, and rising demand for exotic, healthier, and gift-packaged treats.

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Dasara’s unsung heroes to be honoured with special lunch in Mysuru thehindu.com/news/national/k…

Special lunch in Mysuru for Dasara’s unsung heroes

Around 2,000 pourakarmikas who helped keep Mysuru clean during Dasara-2026 will be treated to a special lunch at Rajendra Kalamandira by Urban Development and Mysuru District Minister Yathindra...

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Remembering Chef Damu: A life dedicated to Tamil Nadu’s culinary heritage. @AkilaKannadasan's tribute to the chef thehindu.com/society/remembe…

Remembering Chef Damu: A life dedicated to Tamil Nadu’s culinary heritage

Remembering celebrity chef K Damodaran who passed away recently

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This Halloween, Goa’s Bloody Dangerous serves up sex, scares and sophisticated cocktails. Deepali Dhingra visits the new bar thehindu.com/food/dining/thi…

This Halloween, Goa’s Bloody Dangerous serves up sex, scares and sophisticated cocktails

At Bloody Dangerous in Assagao, artist Siddharth Kerkar turns phobias, death, and public embarrassment into a fun outing

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Why is the price of rice rising across the country? | Explained thehindu.com/news/national/w…

Why is the price of rice rising across the country? | Explained

Why rice prices are surging in India due to below-normal monsoon, reduced rice area, and shifts to less-water-intensive crops.

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World Pasta Day: In Mumbai, dedicated pasta restaurants are booming. ✍️Barry Rodgers thehindu.com/food/dining/wor…

World Pasta Day: In Mumbai, dedicated pasta restaurants are booming

Mumbai’s pasta specialists are changing how the city thinks about handmade pasta, Italian food and dining out

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Tamil Nadu CM Vijay condoles death of Chef Damu thehindu.com/news/national/t…

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay condoles death of Chef Damu

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay mourns death of Chef Damu, Padma Shri recipient and Guinness record-holder, highlighting his charm on television and culinary impact.

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Chef Damu passes away at 72 thehindu.com/news/national/t…

Chef Damu passes away at 72

India’s renowned Chef K. Damodaran aka Chef Damu from Tamil Nadu, a Padma Shri winner and Guinness record holder, dies at 72.

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Taste Kolkata’s Tangra-style Chinese food at Chao in Kochi. @schilped_nair writes thehindu.com/food/dining/tan…

Taste Kolkata’s Tangra-style Chinese food at Chao in Kochi

Experience Tangra-style Kolkata Chinese at Chao in Kochi, blending regional twists, bold spices, and Kolkata-influenced flavours

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Good-quality diets associated with better cholesterol levels even among those with genetic load thehindu.com/news/national/t…

Good-quality diets associated with better cholesterol levels even among those with genetic load

Diet quality moderates genetic risk for high cholesterol in Asian Indians, highlighting precision nutrition’s potential to reduce cardiometabolic risk.

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Goan food and history come together in this immersive theater performance by PaChaak Productions. C Madan Mohan writes thehindu.com/news/cities/ban…

Goan food and history come together in this immersive theater performance by PaChaak Productions

Goa is a Bebinca will be staged in Bengaluru. It is an immersive theatre production by PaChaak and serves traditional Goan food along with the enactment of a family drama

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Why do Hyderabad’s restaurant menus look so similar? @prabalikam speaks to the experts thehindu.com/food/features/w…

Why do Hyderabad’s restaurant menus look so similar?

Inspiration or imitation, why is Hyderabad’s restaurant menus looking similar

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China brings its original flavours to Hyderabad at Telangana Calling. @prabalikam reports thehindu.com/food/features/c…

China brings its original flavours to Hyderabad at Telangana Calling

Chinese flavors meet Hyderabad at Telangana Calling: chefs showcase Peking duck rolls, egg rolls, tea ceremony, and cultural exchange.

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Before the city forgets. @sandipr writes about Bunny Gupta, Kolkata’s culinary chronicler thehindu.com/opinion/columns…

Before the city forgets

Kolkata’s culinary chronicler is gone; enter the gimmicky aloo posto burger

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Oota Hyderabad: A delicious mix of Andhra and Telangana cuisine. @prabalikam writes thehindu.com/food/dining/oot…

Oota Hyderabad: A delicious mix of Andhra and Telangana cuisine

Experience Oota Hyderabad: a curated Deccan feast blending Nizami, coastal, Rayalaseema, and Telangana flavours with bold heat and heritage.

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Wholesome, no onion, no garlic, meals at Annam Iyarkkai Unavagam in #Coimbatore. ✍️@kJeshi thehindu.com/food/dining/who…

Wholesome, no onion, no garlic, meals at Annam Iyarkkai Unavagam in Coimbatore

Organic meals in Coimbatore: At the newly-opened Annam Iyarkkai Unavagam

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Whey protein prices soar in India: Why your daily scoop is getting expensive. @PreetiZach writes thehindu.com/sci-tech/health…

Whey protein prices soar in India: Why your daily scoop is getting expensive

Whey isolate prices have jumped from ₹2,200 to ₹3,400 per kg before GST and add-ons, as surging global demand, limited domestic production and import dependence drive up costs. As whey protein...

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