Junk food monster: Food, safety, standards: a progressive onslaught

Six years not enough for authorities to enforce regulations on packaged and fast food

Simply Put: A taxing bite

Simply put: Dump food grain in Africa

World Food Safety Day: India must regulate foods with excess fat, sugar and salt

Overindulgence into these causes cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and obesity

We have the right to know what we feed our children

Genetically modified ingredients found in baby food

More than food

Bihar’s healthy ‘sattu culture’. Make it yours

The desert delight

Guar ki phalli is not only drought-resistant but also nutritious

Urochloa Ramosa: Browntop Millet

This millet grows easily in all kinds of soils and gives a good yield even with minimum rain. The crop is resistant to pests and diseases and is …

Sorghum Bicolor: Sorghum

This is the largest-grained millet and most preparations involving it take a long time to cook. However, since the grain germinates well and its …

First Food recipe: healthy and easy Makhana breakfast

Makhana or fox nut is traditionally eaten during religious fasting in India, but due to its immense health benefits, it is now relished across …

First Food recipe: delicious dessert mango curd with ramdana

Ramdana are the seeds of chaulai or amaranth. They are a source of calcium, protein and amino acids, also rich in iron, magnesium and Vitamin A, …

Junk food monster: Mark junk food red

How all the 33 tested products would look if the proposed red marking rule is applied to high fat and salt foods

What is One Nation, One Ration Card scheme

 The central scheme will integrate all state public distribution systems to a central repository of beneficiaries’ details

Keep only the best on the plate

To ensure India doesn't see urban food deserts like the USA, methods to increase access to locally grown food must be included in urban planning 

Children have the right to eat eggs, onions and garlic

The midday meal scheme for schoolchildren is increasingly getting politicised, as the upper class elite wants to impose its own religious/food …

Watch: how to detect adulteration in milk

Some easy home tests to detect common adulterants like water, starch and detergent in milk, which can be performed under two minutes at home

First Food recipes: Bhang ke Pakode

Bhang has its place in Ayurveda—used to improve digestion, irritable bowl syndrome, insomnia and muscle pain. A simple recipe of bhang …

First food recipes: Pepaal ka raita

Peepal or Ficus Religiosa is a native Indian tree, considered holy in Hinduism and Buddhism. Its leaves are helpful in curing asthma, diabetes, …

First Food Recipes: beat the heat with Palash Sherbet

Palash or flame of the forest is a flowering tree native to the Indian subcontinent. Its flowers were traditionally used to make colours for Holi.…

First Food recipes: peepal ki bhaji with kokum

Peepal tree or Ficus Religiosa is native to India and is considered holy in Hinduism and Buddhism. Leaves of peepal are known to cure asthma, …

First Food recipies: makhane ka raita

This is the easiest way to incorporate Makhana or lotus seeds a super food into you diet. Health benefits of Makhana include good for the heart, …

Piu & Pom give you some thought for food

Piu & Pom—with their gifts of inquiry and insight—come to life from the pages of our kids’ supplement Gobar Times

FIRST FOOD: Culture of Taste

Communities across India have found innovative ways to use seasonal produce that grows locally. The book brings to you a collection of nearly 50 …

The Return of the Black Chicken

Kadaknath is a rare breed of chicken, indigenous to Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. This black bird has been traditionally reared by tribal …