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Foot Fetishism Turns Expensive, Fans Paying Up to Rs 40 Lakh For Pics
In the current anything-goes climate, people are embracing unconventional methods to bring in extra income, and one particularly intriguing trend involves showcasing one's tootsies for financial gain.
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Masterchef Australia's Melissa Leong On Her Go-To Comfort Food And How Cooking Has Changed During The Pandemic
NDTV Swirlster speaks to Masterchef Australia's Melissa Leong on her comfort food favourite and viral food trends during the quarantine
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Cooking Beans at Home, Leaving the Can Behind
Canned beans are never going to be as good as home-cooked dried beans, no matter how many seasonings you add to your pot.
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A Hanukkah Treat (No, Not Latkes) With a Sweet Reminder of Sicily
The rice fritters are vaguely reminiscent of arancini, the classic Sicilian fried rice balls, except they are pancake flat rather than orange round (arancia is Italian for orange).
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5 Easy Meals for a Distracted Cook
I'm talking about easy meals that your hands can manage on their own, leaving your mind free to ruminate about your hard day at work or help your kids memorize their multiplication tables.
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Fire-Roasted Potatoes, Brooklyn Style
Cook those potatoes Brooklyn style! Potatoes cooked in large and hot charcoal fire.
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Fresh Pasta, Made Simply
The myth that you need to be an Italian grandmother to make great pasta was so ingrained in Anna Klinger that when she went to Italy as a young cook to study the craft, she assumed it would take years to master.
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Beyond Quinoa: The New Ancient Grains
You've cooked your way through quinoa of every color, dabbled in amaranth and moved beyond millet. That farro and kale salad? It's been in your dinner party rotation for at least two years.
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A Healthy and Tasty Mungo Recipe | Cook Residency
Healthy can still be tasty, say Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley and this delicious mungo recipe proves it.
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Massimo Bottura Adds His Touch to Risotto
If Italy's most celebrated modernist chef is coming over to make brunch, don't be surprised if he shows up packing a sleek nitrous oxide siphon. It's just for the breadcrumb foam.Massimo Bottura, the energetic chef and owner of the three-Michelin-star...
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In Inventive Cooking, British Show the Way
Time was, when you talked about Britain's global reach, you were referring to colonies, not cuisine. Though the empire ranged far and wide, you would never know it from the chip butties (a French fry sandwich) and mushy peas on plates back home; we Americans...
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Mussels, difficult? A myth without legs
I have a friend who makes kimchee from scratch, can produce molecular-cuisine-inspired foams and gelées and has even deep-fried an entire Thanksgiving turkey on his petite patio.But steaming a pot of mussels? Now that intimidates him.That cooking mussels...
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Foot Fetishism Turns Expensive, Fans Paying Up to Rs 40 Lakh For Pics
In the current anything-goes climate, people are embracing unconventional methods to bring in extra income, and one particularly intriguing trend involves showcasing one's tootsies for financial gain.
-
Masterchef Australia's Melissa Leong On Her Go-To Comfort Food And How Cooking Has Changed During The Pandemic
NDTV Swirlster speaks to Masterchef Australia's Melissa Leong on her comfort food favourite and viral food trends during the quarantine
-
Cooking Beans at Home, Leaving the Can Behind
Canned beans are never going to be as good as home-cooked dried beans, no matter how many seasonings you add to your pot.
-
A Hanukkah Treat (No, Not Latkes) With a Sweet Reminder of Sicily
The rice fritters are vaguely reminiscent of arancini, the classic Sicilian fried rice balls, except they are pancake flat rather than orange round (arancia is Italian for orange).
-
5 Easy Meals for a Distracted Cook
I'm talking about easy meals that your hands can manage on their own, leaving your mind free to ruminate about your hard day at work or help your kids memorize their multiplication tables.
-
Fire-Roasted Potatoes, Brooklyn Style
Cook those potatoes Brooklyn style! Potatoes cooked in large and hot charcoal fire.
-
Fresh Pasta, Made Simply
The myth that you need to be an Italian grandmother to make great pasta was so ingrained in Anna Klinger that when she went to Italy as a young cook to study the craft, she assumed it would take years to master.
-
Beyond Quinoa: The New Ancient Grains
You've cooked your way through quinoa of every color, dabbled in amaranth and moved beyond millet. That farro and kale salad? It's been in your dinner party rotation for at least two years.
-
A Healthy and Tasty Mungo Recipe | Cook Residency
Healthy can still be tasty, say Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley and this delicious mungo recipe proves it.
-
Massimo Bottura Adds His Touch to Risotto
If Italy's most celebrated modernist chef is coming over to make brunch, don't be surprised if he shows up packing a sleek nitrous oxide siphon. It's just for the breadcrumb foam.Massimo Bottura, the energetic chef and owner of the three-Michelin-star...
-
In Inventive Cooking, British Show the Way
Time was, when you talked about Britain's global reach, you were referring to colonies, not cuisine. Though the empire ranged far and wide, you would never know it from the chip butties (a French fry sandwich) and mushy peas on plates back home; we Americans...
-
Mussels, difficult? A myth without legs
I have a friend who makes kimchee from scratch, can produce molecular-cuisine-inspired foams and gelées and has even deep-fried an entire Thanksgiving turkey on his petite patio.But steaming a pot of mussels? Now that intimidates him.That cooking mussels...
