INDIA FOOD FORUM - Food Services

Food worth Rs 92,000 crore is wasted in India every year because of poor facilities but this wastage will come down sharply with the government's plan to set up numerous agro processing clusters across the country and nod to...

The government has finalised as many as 12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients in line with global safety standards for food companies, union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said...READ MORE

The Central government will soon give its nod for smaller food parks and also announce the setting up of 100 cold chain projects, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister for Food Processing Industries, said...READ MORE  

Eating out, mobile phone usage and air and rail travel will become expensive with the new Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) of 0.5 per cent on taxable services coming into force from June. With imposition of Krishi Kalyan Cess, the total...

Patnaites have changed their food preferences and switched to healthier items like green vegetables, melons, peaches, mangoes and fresh herbs available during the summer season. Restaurants and hotels have made suitable changes in their menus to meet the demands...

You can often get Mexican, Lebanese or Chinese food in city restaurants, but it is not often that you get authentic Hyderabadi food cooked the way it is in home-kitchens. And many who come to the city hearing about...

Goan food is not just associated with its famous 'fish curry-rice' but the authenticity lies in its unique flavours of chillies, toddy vinegar and coconut. "I would say the food is 'unique'. Flavors which perhaps are difficult to replicate very...

Apparently, Britain's once-popular Indian curry restaurants  are imploding and reportedly closing down at the rate of at least two a week as customers turn their backs on them complaining that their erstwhile favourite curry doesn't quite taste the same...

One of India's youngest celebrity chefs, Saransh Goila, who recently launched his book 'India on My Platter', is a passionate traveler and has dedicated himself to promote regional Indian food across the globe. His eternal love for Butter Chicken...

The best way to destroy a culture is to destroy the kitchen, says acclaimed mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. He’s right. After all, it is only by way of food that parents can ground their child in the culture he/she is...

Vida Hotels is one of a number of companies that, when looking for distinctive tableware to give its dishes an edge, has called on The Urban Yogi. The Dubai-based brand is best known for its ­retail offering, and recently...

Tagenias, made by Greeks were probably the earliest pancakes known to humankind. Mentioned in 5th century BC literature, they were a wholesome breakfast preparation made with wheat flour, olive oil, honey, and curdled milk. Over the centuries, though pancakes...

The dark and the bottle go together. Even some upmarket bars have the lighting turned down low and the windows shuttered. Drinking is a secret and illicit activity, even though it's not banned in most states of the republic. For...

Police have "rescued" five underage customers from hookah parlours in separate raids during which a child labourer was also freed. The raids were conducted by the Social Service Branch (SSB) of the police last night. SSB sleuths "rescued" two minor customers,...