"Ibn Battuta’s description of the preparation of samosa would make one’s mouth water even today: “Minced meat cooked w…"

"Pāṇini, ArthŚā, BṛSam and Vṛkṣ(S) define the word [for wheat] as a type of grain distinct from barley and rice [...] …"

"The savage, by his chace and the perpetual war in which he lives with the elements, is enabled to devour almost raw t…"

"Water is the only drink of every Indian respectable enough to be admitted into their assemblies of public worship, as…"

"Should any European enter their houses, they imagine them to be the polluted: neither will they eat or drink anything…"

"The food of those who can afford it is partly of meat, mutton of goats or sheep, which sells at about three pence per…"

"Of the poverty of these people, however, I had no idea till I this day saw the bread they eat. It is the grain of a k…"

"Bullets for the kar sevaks, biryani for the Kashmiri militants."

"No matter how quietly I tried to replace the spoon and glass top of the container of freshly grated Parmesan cheese o…"

"The process of elaboration of parmesan cheese begins with skimming the milk collected the previous evening; fresh mil…"