By Tara Narayan THERE weren’t too many foodie book launches at the Goa Literature & Art Festival at International Center … More A `KICHADI’ IS ALWAYS WELCOME…Comfort food of vegetarians and non-vegetarians…
Several brands of wheat bhakri/chappati/paratha in the local stores nowadays…to make meals easy to do. Alas, all the unleavened Indian … More ANY NUMBER OF WHEAT FLOUR ROTI IN THE MARKET…Why no millet roti!
THE HUMBLE BITTER HERB ‘KIRATA’ IS FAMILIAR TO MOST GOANS…also called andrographis (Andrographis paniculata), widely used in traditional medicine to … More THE BITTERS OF LIFE…Do not shun them!
Magnificent ferula or giant fennel plant which yields the unique flavor giver called hing or asafeotida or “devil’s dung”… used … More `HING’ FOR ZERO FOOD POISONING…also called devil’s dung!
Chok-a-blok with gorgeous things for the house and hearth and a decent food court! AT THE FOOD COURT, LOKOTSAV…quite a … More A BETTER LOKOTSAV …
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant inaugurated the 8th edition of Aqua Goa Mega Fish Festival 2025, organised by Directorate of … More AT THE AQUA GOA MEGA FISH FESTIVAL
By Tara Narayan WHILE my three sisters scattered across the world were in Goa, recently, and staying at the lovely … More WAKING UP TO A GLASS OF `INFUSED WATER’!
By Tara Narayan IT’S still the New Year and I may wish all my readers of this now over 25 … More THE GOOD LIFE TO PERDITION!
At the Serendipity Art Festival’s Food Lab SOME folk think the tubers of the earth are ugly and do not … More ROMANCING THE TUBERS OF MOTHER EARTH…
At Serendipity Food Lab…adventures in forest foods or “Mock Wild Eating!” It means eating red ants relish amongst other things, … More FOREST EATING AT SERENDIPITY’S FOOD COURT…