Food and Beverage Articles

Chef Meherwan Irani's Parsi-style fried chicken, Marghi Na Farcha, was singled out as the "most flavorful" entry in a...

KARACHI: The aroma of sizzling Patra Ni Machi — fish wrapped in banana leaf and slathered with green chutney — drifted...

Condiments are based on secret heirloom recipes and bring the taste of Parsi food into kitchens around the world. Branded as "A Parsi Affair," she will begin with two varieties of condiments based...

And more importantly what it is not !! Our dear friend and award winning cookbook author and chronicler of Parsi foods and recipes Niloufer Mavalwala has written about the iconic Parsi Dish Dhansak....

Wednesday is Dhansak Buffet Day at the Ripon Club. Article by Kunal Vijaykar | News18The Ripon Club was founded in 1884 by Parsi stalwarts like Sir Phirozeshah Mehta, Jamshedji Tata and Sir Dinshaw...

Situated inside a 100-year-old house on Parsi Colony, Karachi, Cillie’s looks nothing like a mainstream confectionery yet immediately gives a warm homely feeling. Though the business started in a...

Ardeshir’s flavoured soda, now christened Ardy’s, still packs nostalgia along with quality ‘old fashioned goodness’ in its glass bottles.Written by Ruchika Goswamy | Indian ExpressThe soda company...

Mumbai-based patisserie Theobroma aims to double its Rs 121 crore revenue in the coming year. Here is how the brand has grown since it was launched in 2004. Article By Sindhu Kashyaap | YourStoryAt...

Parsi Institutionand brilliant multi-generational caterer Tanaz Godiwala speaks to food blogger Kalyan Karmarkar on all things Parsi cuisine. I am proud to present to you the legendary Tanaz...

If you’re a food enthusiast and crave to try new delicacies, Ghar Se has something unique to offer. Ghar Se is a Karachi-based food service that serves Parsi cuisines at your doorstep.It was...

Her mother’s Parsi-style, seafood-studded stew. By Meher Mirza | Updated Sep 3, 2021 4:18 PM When I came back to sun-brightened Mumbai after getting a degree in London, I had never felt so far from...

An innovative business accelerator programme is not only helping people get a foothold in the hospitality industry but, as Justin Latif reports, it’s also changing the way South Aucklanders think...

A sleepy coastal town in Gujarat, about 180km from Mumbai, is home to one of the world’s oldest religions – Zoroastrianism. Udvada, also spelled Udwada, in Pardi taluka of Gujarat’s Valsad district,...

Shelley Subawalla in Delhi is taking generations of Parsi family masalas and chutneys recipes to the world through ‘Zarin’s Secrets’ – named after her grandmother.There remain few things that invoke...

Indian women chefs who left indelible culinary footprints across the nationFrom cookbook writers to chefs in commercial kitchens of hotels and restaurants, several Indian women too have emerged as...

Welcome to My Parsi PartyParsis revel in their reputation as hedonistic gourmands. Every gathering, celebration, religious occasion, and even loss is marked by food. Writer Sabrina Medora shares...

Sundays on #FinelyChoppedTV are #foodocracyforher days and in this episode, I speak to Mumbai based Parsi home chef, Mahrukh Mogrelia who runs Mahrukh's Kitchen. Mahrukh's food talks of the times of...

Pervin Todiwala, Co-Founder of Café Spice Namaste, was recognised at the 16th annual British Curry Awards, streamed live on 17th December 2020 with comedian Rory Bremner as the host. Pervin was...

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“Get rid of your cough, eat my ginger biscuit.” The baker who kneaded such happy prescriptions into Mumbai's gut via the blackboard of the iconic Yazdani bakery in Fort is no more. Zend Meherwan...

An interesting short documentary on the iconic B. Merwan & Co. Bakery

Perzen Patel was a finalist in the University of Auckland's Velocity $100k challenge after cooking up an idea for a tasty business.Perzen Patel: By day she's communicating the services of the...

Our dear friend Perzen Patel was recently featured on Radio New Zealand. Per RNZ… NZ Made: Perzen Patel of Dolly Mumma Each week we talk to a small New Zealand business and this week we're talking...

The ritual of Parsi ‘choi’ Tea time is an indulgent affair for Parsis. Come evening, a full tea service is laid out complete with snacks and bone china crockery Article by  Aravinda...

Our dear friend and amazing chef, entrepreneur and now Kiwi Podcaster Perzen Patel a.k.a Bawi Bride featured in Eat Well New ZealandPerzen is happiest when she is at the intersection of cooking...

The Zoroastrians of Pakistan are an integral part of the fabric of us- in all aspects; similar to all who chose to come to Pakistan and make it their home. They are one of the prominent communities...

In Person of Interest, we talk to the people catching our eye right now about what they’re doing, eating, reading, and loving. Next up is Meherwan Irani, a chef and the founder of Brown in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A chance conversation with a very dear friend got me introduced to Tinaz Cooper the chef behind the catering business "Flavors of the World". Touching base on Whatsapp, I had a menu in minutes and...

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’!...

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...

A Parsi snack kiosk in Bandra is as much about a community's culinary treats as the resilience of a woman fighting a turn of fateAn assortment of cutlets, kebabs and snacks. Pics/Anurag AhireIt was...

India’s pioneering Persian chef Afshin Kohinoor unlocks his culinary treasure chest for Krishnaraj IyengarWelcome my dear welcome,” he gushes over his galla counter as a mixed international crowd...

When I was a little girl growing up in Bombay, June was the month I looked forward to the most. It was the month when the charred, inky monsoon clouds, clipped with streaks of lightning, brushed...

Roxanne Irani is sharing a new project that she has been involved in for a while. Her story of discovery and entrepreneurship is in the video below that is part of the Kickstarter campaign. Go...

Symbolism in food is often intriguing.  This can be said of Daar ni Pori, a sweet lentil filling in a pastry crust resembling a thick rotli (flat bread), often especially prepared for happy...

Homegrown Parsi company Duke and Sons gave Mumbai its first mango-based drink, but couldn't survive in the post-liberalisation heat. Indians love their mangoes. From week-long culinary festivals to...

This video is about the legendary Irani cafes in Mumbai. Mumbai food is incomplete without the mention of Parsi food. Also Irani and Parsi restaurants are considered as legendary restaurants because...

As the legend goes, in the 7th century, when the first wave of Zoroastrians landed on the shores of western India, the local ruler Jadav Rana sent the leader of the group a glass of milk filled to...

'Bun Ki Baat' is the story of the Irani bakeries and cafes of South Bombay. It is also the story of the men behind the counters and that of a rich Indo-Iranian Heritage. Bun Ki Baat is the story of...

Mumbai will miss Boman Kohinoor, who passed away at 97, after a lifetime spent behind the counter of Ballard Estate’s iconic Britannia & Co. See what makes the place so special. Article by Kunal...

Western India Bakers (Wibs) commanded 46% share of the city’s sliced bread market and 90% of it came from sandwich makers.Wibs, Mumbai’s favourite sliced bread, has been off bakery shelves and...

A Gala celebration in 30 years !  On August 24th, ZACLA members had the rare opportunity to enjoy a “Lagan Nu Patru” in the good ol’ USA. The Jamva Chaloji event was attended by 190 very happy,...