Lockdown-weary Brits have a new controversy to nibble on - is Scotch egg a meal or not?

There's an Indian version of the Scotch eggs - Nargisi kofta.

Retail inflation for industrial workers rises to 5.91 pc in October

On one-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 1.19 per cent between September and October, 2020 compared to (+) 0.93 per cent increas...

Chicken and egg sales likely to reach the pre-Covid levels by March

“Chicken sales and production are back to about 75%, eggs to 80% and by March we will reach the pre-Covid level,” said BS Yadav, MD, Godrej...

How coronavirus is making the food world take packaging seriously

The increasing importance of home delivery has sent demand for suitable food packaging soaring. Restaurants need to package food in ways th...

High food prices hurting India's poor, pain to persist

The high prices are a particular cause of concern for India's hundreds of millions of poor people, who have already been squeezed by the co...

Incentive package to aid shift to packaged foods

The PLI allocation for a five-year period includes incentives on ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook foods, mozzarella cheese, honey, marine pro...

Poached eggs and plots: How Agatha Christie developed both plot and characters through the use of familiar foods

Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham were acclaimed as better writers than Christie, yet it is her work that has endured.

No school, no mid-day meals or ration; COVID-19 deals double blow to kids in Karnataka

The mid-day meal programme fed about 56 lakh children in government and aided schools everyday, but the meals were gone with the lockdown t...

View: Make food systems more inclusive to change the state of food insecurity

Latest estimates suggest that 9.7% of the global population, close to 750 million people, were exposed to severe levels of food insecurity ...

Poultry demand to reach 70% of pre-Covid level this quarter: industry

Consumer confidence has increased and there is an increase in people dining out, Suguna Poultry Farms’ managing director GB Sundararajan to...

View: Ensuring food security during the pandemic

The govt has announced few steps, but quantum of aid & coverage of beneficiaries should be expanded.

Kamal Nath government’s egg proposal for children may fail April 1 test

The finance department has refused to allocate any extra funds for the proposal and asked the WCD department to work with its existing budg...

Fruits, fish fry, eggs: Rich spread laid out for COVID-19 suspects in Kerala

Apart from the rich food menu, books have also been made available to the 17 coronavirus suspected patients.

Virus spurs Chinese interest in vegan eggs as protein source

Even before the outbreak, China was already experiencing protein shortages thanks to the spread of African swine fever and its impact on po...

Coronavirus rumours hit sales of egg, chicken

BS Yadav, managing director of Godrej Agrovet, a compound animal feed company, told reporters on Thursday that the coronavirus rumour has l...

Protein push: Niti Aayog mulls PDS supply of eggs, fish & meat

This is based on the idea that the govt subsidises protein-rich food, including eggs, fish, chicken and meat.

Bon Appétit: This bird holds a special place in the hearts & on the plates of Bengalureans

A number of quail farms have sprung up in and around Bengaluru.