Food and Drink

Festive delight of India Chicken Mappas (stew) Chicken Mappas is a typical dish from Kerala, prepared usually during festive seasons. At Christmas it is standard fare at every table. The ...

While strange foods are eaten around the world, even the most gastronomically adventurous are unlikely to have tried the Cambodian delicacy of fried tarantula! Like many of the world’s ...

Latkes, okonomiyaki, and lefse. Indian cakes, hoe cakes, johnnycakes, journey cakes, buckwheat cakes, griddle cakes, flapjacks are all delicious says ANDRY VOSKARIDOU Pancakes have a lot of names and are ...

The Gates to Hell are located in the midst of the Karakum Desert. Here, out amidst the black dunes where the rain never falls, lies the pit of Darvaza: a ...

Here’s what the evidence says according to DAVID CLAYTON If you’re someone who’s thought about losing weight or has wanted to get healthier in the past few ...

Easy vegan dinner Beetroot Zest Soup 1 onion, diced 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 2 raw beetroots, diced 1 large sweet potato, peeled and diced 1 large carrot, diced 1 green apple, peeled and diced 1 teaspoon ...

Ardennes is among the world’s most beautiful battlegrounds: its rolling valleys, meandering rivers, and dense forests once the site of WWII’s most violent clashes. Located mainly in south-east ...

Few things can evoke memories like food. Even just a whiff of a certain dish can take you back in time, and have the potential to make you feel all ...

Spice up a midweek meal Spicy Lamb Chops with Greek Style Mint Sauce For the chops 10 tsp salt 5 tsp freshly ground black pepper 2½ tsp ground coriander 1¼ tsp cayenne pepper 10 garlic ...

Little Paris, New Berlin, the City of Joy – the Romanian capital goes by many a name. Over 10 million sightseers visit the city each year, swelling an already substantial population. The ...

By Lauren Taylor A wok is something many of us have in our kitchen cupboards – and yet most people don’t really know how to use it, says Jeremy Pang. ...

South Indian Lentil Curry using Mysore Dhal Dhal or lentil-curry can be prepared in about a 100 ways. There is no set standard of excellence attributed to the taste of dhal ...

This isn’t actually a sea. But nor is it a lake. The Caspian Sea is something else altogether… At almost exactly 40 times the size of Cyprus, the Caspian Sea ...

By Leonie Heilbronn Biochemist and author of the Glucose Revolution Jessie Inchauspé says tweaking your diet can change your life. Among her recommendations in the mainstream media and on Instagram, ...

Spaghetti dinner with store cupboard favourites Spaghetti with Red Sauce and Veggieballs 85g cashew nuts 100g quinoa with bulgur 2 tbsp olive oil 1 clove of garlic 1 small onion 2 tbsp tomato paste 2 ...

Cypriot wine exports are up over 60 per cent, Commerce Minister Natasa Pilides said on Saturday night opening the annual Wine Festival in Limassol. “The ministry of commerce, realising the dynamics ...

Wisconsin is known as ‘America’s Dairyland’. It’s here, in 1881, that the world’s first ice cream sundae was served, and, if the state were a country, it would ...

By Prudence Wade Few things are as universally loved as a burger. However you have yours – spicy, simple, with every topping in the world or naked – is down to personal ...

Easy vegan spread Barley and black eye beans stew Barley and black eye beans stew 1 stalk of celery 1 medium chopped onion 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 medium carrots diced 1 large sweet potato ...

This popular Chinese take-out style beef chow fun is simple and delicious to make at home. Beef chow fun/beef ho fun recipe is made with tender juicy beef steak, ...

Patna was the home of Vātsyāyana – the author of the Kama Sutra. Little is known of this monk, other than that he intended the book as more of ...

By Kenneth Symsack and Jeffrey Miller Move over bacon and ranch dressing. There’s a new hot flavour in town. A pickle craze is sweeping the US, with dill pickle ...

Recipes for a better mood Saffron, cacao and black pepper can all work to lift the spirits Slow Cooked Pork and Fiery Minty Salsa 1kg boned out pork shoulder or ...

What began on a damp morning in a Neo Chorio kitchen has developed into three varieties of small-run gin that is the taste of the island. ALIX NORMAN settles down ...