Category: Food and Beverage

“Cooking Is an Art”- Chef Zurath Kamdin

1. Tell us about your background and journey.I grew up in the tea plantations of South India. Born and brought up in Ooty. Studied catering and architecture, spent many years doing Architecture and Trade Fair Pavilion design in India, and other countries in the world. Moved to Hong Kong 10 years ago, and decided to stop architecture… Continue reading “Cooking Is an Art”- Chef Zurath Kamdin

The story of Vividh Vaani

How a Gujarati cookbook came to symbolise love and gratitude during the bubonic plague in Bombay As I joined the cricket fans milling out of the Brabourne Stadium on a crisp Mumbai winter evening in December 2009, I could sense its ebullient mood. They had been lucky to witness an innings of a lifetime – an almost-triple century… Continue reading The story of Vividh Vaani

Perzen Patel Starts a Kiwi Foodcast Podcast Series

Our dear friend and amazing chef, entrepreneur and mom Perzen Patel a.k.a The Bawi Bride starts a new podcast series titled “Kiwi Foodcast With Perzen Patel” Perzen informs us…. We are finally up and running and I am happy to announce that @kiwifoodcast is officially launched. . Stories, the interesting tidbits of information we share about the… Continue reading Perzen Patel Starts a Kiwi Foodcast Podcast Series

How Polson made butter a commercial product in pre-Independence India

Polson butter had monopolised the business by the 1930s and become a household name in India, much before the Amul revolution. Article by Mahua Venkatesh | The Print Much before India became independent and Anand Milk Union Limited started the Amul revolution, Polson became India’s first commercially made butter. Launched by Parsi entrepreneur Pestonji Edulji Dalal in 1900, Polson was… Continue reading How Polson made butter a commercial product in pre-Independence India

Niloufer Mavalvala’s Food videos featured on FOODEOS

Our dear friend and ace chef and cookbook author Niloufer Mavalvala is featured on The Cook’s Cook FOODEOS video series. Also a big shoutout to my dearest friend and professional videographer and producer Tanya Hoshi who created these videos. Check out Tanya’s work on her website. The video links are Spicy Prawns Potato and Egg… Continue reading Niloufer Mavalvala’s Food videos featured on FOODEOS

World Central Kitchen – a fundraiser by Niloufer Mavalwala

Our dear friend and award winning cookbook author Niloufer Mavalwala writes in… Blogging is all about storytelling. Instead of people being the center of attention on my blog food is the star. Recipes unfold the story it holds within each picture. We all have a story to share.It just unravels in many different ways. Here… Continue reading World Central Kitchen – a fundraiser by Niloufer Mavalwala

Meet the Messman Sisters who cake-started their entrepreneurial journey with Theobroma

Meet the two sisters who cake-started their entrepreneurial journey with Theobroma Sisters Kainaz Messman Harchandrai and Tina Messman Wykes, the Founders of Theobroma, are a ‘batch made in heaven’! In an interview with HerStory, Kainaz speaks about their new book, Baking a Dream, their strengths and weaknesses, and plans for the future. Article by Rekha… Continue reading Meet the Messman Sisters who cake-started their entrepreneurial journey with Theobroma

How Parsis shaped India’s taste for soft drinks

A bottle of Pallonji’s raspberry soda comes with this helpful disclaimer: “Contains no fruit.” Electric red in colour, and syrupy sweet to the taste, the raspberry soda is a beloved cultural icon of India’s fast-disappearing Parsi community – as well as the endangered Irani cafes in the western city of Mumbai. Article by Dinyar Patel… Continue reading How Parsis shaped India’s taste for soft drinks

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