India, Dec. 11 -- At the Bombay Natural History Society's quarterly meeting on October 4, 1887, an exhibition displayed the season's fruits and vegetables in Bombay, featuring 175 varieties, many sour... Read More
India, Dec. 4 -- Culinary archives, which are often considered to comprise cookbooks and menus, offer a fascinating glimpse into the world of historical gastronomy. They allow us to explore the culina... Read More
India, Nov. 27 -- A picnic is an act shaped by ideas about nature and culture, food and taste, beauty and ethics, and community and solitude. To picnic is not just to eat certain foods, but to enjoy t... Read More
India, Nov. 13 -- "Brussels sprouts stand like soldiers, Cabbages crouch in rows, Leeks in their regimented lines Defy the frost that grows", wrote Vita Sackville-West in her poem "A November Garde... Read More
India, Nov. 6 -- In 1885, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, educationist and social reformer, wrote in his essay "Bhojangruha" that a truly progressive city is one where every person - local or outsider - can fin... Read More
India, Oct. 30 -- In mid-nineteenth-century Britain, field sports were considered an important source of individual character-building and national and imperial well-being. Shooting was an integral pa... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- Food has a unique ability to bring people together. It breaks down barriers and builds a sense of belonging. It helps healing and building bridges, and forging solidarity. In the th... Read More
India, Oct. 9 -- "The King alwayes eates in private among his women upon great varietie of excellent dishes, which dressed and prooved by the taster are served in vessels of gold (as they say), covere... Read More
India, Oct. 2 -- Festivals play significant roles in society by providing focal points for the sharing of cultures and religious beliefs, and for exchange between social groupings. They share strong r... Read More
India, Sept. 25 -- Devi, or the goddess, is designated as "Shakti", the Prowess of Divinity, in the standard enumeration of the school of theology and sects of worship. She is conceived as the Female ... Read More