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Kash rich (25 July 12:00) |
| No wonder that Amir Khusros of the Kashmir valley used words such as Firdaus and Jannat to describe its magnificence. We suspect he may have been writing just after eating a 36-course wazwan... |
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Fuel the day (23 July 12:00) |
| The Kothari don’t like to start their day with anything too heavy. Dry snacks are light and very convenient to stock. And they always make sure to have lots of fruits before starting their... |
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“Indian men just don’t have a very liberated attitude towards women” (21 July 12:00) |
| Mumbai is a global city. It's true, and even if you're the most cloistered Indian ever, you couldn't have not noticed the number of foreign faces everywhere. I spend most of my time in Bandr... |
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Grab a grappa (21 July 12:00) |
| As the rains play truant, the sight of refreshing fruit-flavoured grappa is highly welcome on a sunny day. The Italian drink is a fiery, robust alcohol that needed tweaking to appeal to the ... |
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Ghost Train (21 July 12:00) |
| Mumbai Mirror reader Elton Pinto talks about his ‘ghostly’ experience while travelling via the Harbour Line... |
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Beauty calls (20 July 12:00) |
| I remember my grandmother's comforting bosom, with her sari blouse cut low enough to show enough of her wrinkled cleavage, her warm smile framed by unevenly slapped on lipstick, on a powdere... |
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Will Bhupathi & paes (18 July 12:00) |
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Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes put aside their differences to come together and play in search of Olympic glory, but in the run-up, they crashed ... |
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Soup-er fruits (18 July 12:00) |
| Nothing is as refreshing as sipping some tantalising fruit soup served with spicy cinnamon bread or crispy wantons. Fruits soups make for an appetising first course or a delectable yet healt... |
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Pita Platter (16 July 12:00) |
| Last year, sushi and maki was on the tip of everyone’s tongue; this time around, the buzz word is Mediterranean food and everyone is discussing the softness of pita bread and right proport... |
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“There’s something about labels that can make you feel safe” (14 July 12:00) |
| Fair enough. But who really wants to hear about all that? There's only one reason people will ask you whether you're seeing someone (caveat: by 'people' I mean random strangers you meet at b... |
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Nawabi tastes (14 July 12:00) |
| Hyderabadi kitchen secrets descend from Mughal and Persian cooking styles, says chef Deepak Bhatia of Hyatt Regency. This royal cuisine is a motley of grainy rice and juicy meat dishes, with... |
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Down, under (13 July 12:00) |
| The downfall of a reign is inevitable. What goes up must come down. Whether it is the powerful Mughal Empire or the mesmerising smile of Madhuri Dixit, there is a timeline for its reign, and... |
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who wrote the mahabharata? (11 July 12:00) |
| Oops! I can’t believe I don’t know this answer. Actually, I don’t like Mahabharata much so I don’t know who has written it, but I like Ramayana a lot and I know for sure that it was ... |
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Chef’s Special (11 July 12:00) |
| Hes a rockstar of a different kind; generations of regulars at Churchill and Mocambo restaurants will attest this with full mouths and bulging stomachs. Hubert Fernandes is the man who took ... |
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Sans Tandoor (09 July 12:00) |
| Mix together curd, ginger-garlic paste, chilli paste, garam masala, chaat masala, jeera, chilli powder, turmeric powder, kasturi methi and whisk gently. Marinade paneer, capsicum and onion i... |
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“Mumbai is a great place for being single” (07 July 12:00) |
| Once upon a time, in the city of Delhi, lived a girl. And then she grew up and moved to Mumbai and lived happily ever after. Well, okay, not quite. And that's not the end of the story. I lik... |
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Bell Cuisine (07 July 12:00) |
| With the number of cafes and restaurants sprouting in our foodscape every month, it takes quite a bit to stand apart from the clutter. Extension 202, the newest one to hit central Mumbai has... |
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Junk health (04 July 12:00) |
| A few pizza joints in the city will give you the option of a whole wheat crust or a multigrain one, which is easier on your digestive system as compared to the regular maida base. Similarly,... |
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Doing the Dosa (02 July 12:00) |
| Wash and soak rice for three to four hours. Then grind the soaked rice in a mixer to make a fine paste. Add salt and water to this rice paste and make a thin batter. Keep this aside for 2 ho... |
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Cool kitchen tools (30 June 12:00) |
| Kitchen is cool for many upwardly mobile urban Indians. After learning the drill of wining and dining in style, most of us are now ready to host chic dinners at home. Chef Farrokh Khambatta ... |
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Soul curry (29 June 12:00) |
| You know a young, proud Rajput when you see one. Rajnigandha Shekhawat has learnt and been trained in the art of Rajasthani folk music. She refuses to accept that it may be fast dying. Comin... |
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Too Italiano (27 June 12:00) |
| The now clean Juhu beach has a few new eateries cropping up around the area. The newest being Delitalia. Replacing the club, 11 Echoes it serves, well, Italian cuisine. Jointly owned by Amla... |
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So cheesy (25 June 12:00) |
| No Italian meal seems complete without cheese — they pair melted cheese beautifully with pastas and vegetables, and also use it to add to the flavour of just about any sauce. So who bette... |
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The yellow brick road (23 June 12:00) |
| The story starts off with an estranged couple making a decision to get back together. They forget about the past differences and decide that the love they feel for each other is far more imp... |
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CUTTING TRUTH (23 June 12:00) |
| After water, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world. In India, it's customary to offer a guest some tea before anything else; chai-naashta, cutting chai and masala chai are ... |
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Pickled delights (23 June 12:00) |
| Pickle queen, my aunt remarked as she saw me scraping the bottom of the glass jar for the last of the green chilli pickle my maternal grandmother had made. I smiled. I love pickles and have... |
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Intrepret this mall-ady (22 June 12:00) |
| It’s interesting to note how the trend has changed from disorganised retail to more organised retail in Delhi. From the time that illegal stores were wiped off the streets of Delhi, there ... |
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Get a choco fix (20 June 12:00) |
| The aroma of melted chocolate is capable of breaking even the strongest resolve. And there is a lot you can make with the sinful liquid, mostly by popping in handy ingredients that you may h... |
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A passion for pithe (20 June 12:00) |
| Few women today bother to cultivate their culinary skills. The finesse and passion for preparing elaborate dishes have become a thing of the past. But the taste and flavours of delicacies co... |
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Pitter Platter (18 June 12:00) |
| As the rains lash down on us, pakodas and garam chai seem to be on the menu on almost every home in the city. But, this monson, ditch the predictable. Spice things up a bit with these monsoo... |
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What do you think drives cops to suicide? (17 June 12:00) |
| In the recent past, the city has witnessed many suicide deaths by cops on account of depression caused due to hectic work hours and low salary. We ask Mum... |
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Tense (16 June 12:00) |
| Everyday as my present becomes the past and the future my present I wait around tense, prancing around the house with busted knees listening to Johnny Cash and singing along as if each song ... |
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Smear it on (16 June 12:00) |
| We’re all for multi-purpose food that’s easy to make, and it doesn’t get easier than spreads. A creamy blob of an exotic whip can make a plain slice of bread so much more appetising th... |
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Does your GK have to be good to be successful? (14 June 12:00) |
| When HSC toppers took a GK test prepared by Mirror, most fared badly. We ask Mumbaikars how much importance would they give to GK... |
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Cocoa born (13 June 12:00) |
| Kainaz Messman is unapologetic about the chocolate she’s had for breakfast; and she’s baking brownies to go with her hot chocolate, which is a must on a rainy day. Later, she’s going t... |
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Dabba Delivery (11 June 12:00) |
| Tired of take-out fast food at work and not inclined towards making your own dabba? Sample all sorts of cuisine — from Jain to Japanese — by ordering a different dabba every day. While s... |
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Spaghetti with balls (09 June 12:00) |
| She obsessed instead. For sometime and then gave up. Ego got in the way. The future was put on hold. Yet Again. She woke up one morning and decided to spend the day playing 'dead.' She was n... |
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The grind on coffee (09 June 12:00) |
| With coffee houses at every corner, we are all consuming increasingly more amounts of caffeine. Catching up with friends over a cup has become a part of our everyday life. Even culturally, w... |
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Fashion Rocks (08 June 12:00) |
| If there are Indians in London that you just wanted to avoid meeting or wanted to catch up with, but did not get around, be sure you will meet them at the Harvey Nichol's summer party sale. ... |
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Ice-cream ka Taj! (06 June 12:00) |
| Those used to air-whipped commercial ice-cream will find the first spoonful of Taj ice-cream intoxicating. The thick milk cream melts away from the frozen fruit chunks, coats your mouth and ... |
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Tao Bhaji (04 June 12:00) |
| Till not too long ago, a ‘surprise element’ in Mumbai’s foodscape only meant food festivals and experimental recipes created by chefs of niche eateries. Nowadays, with a new restaurant... |
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Gram masala (04 June 12:00) |
| Rules are meant to be broken and children get an early start. My most endearing opportunity to do so came packaged within the frame of a six feet three inch tall Bihari man named Ram Singh. ... |
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For Kathryn (02 June 12:00) |
| This story has been told before. By many people. And read before. By many people. Harvel Holloway was a young man when he married Martha. He loved motorcycles, drugs, guns, and hookers (n... |
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Know thy lettuce (02 June 12:00) |
| You've tossed them with salad dressings, slipped them into your sandwiches or made them your road to thinness — we are talking about lettuce. Executive sous chef Prakash Pawaskar, from Tri... |
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Need for speed (01 June 12:00) |
| It is amazing how every time I visit the south of France, the scenic beauty always leaves me spellbound. We stayed in a quaint place between Nice and Monte Carlo, called Ville Franche. The ... |
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Sip‘n’hic (30 May 12:00) |
| Stop thinking of coffee as only a morning-fix or something that helps you stay awake through the night. There’s lot more the coffee bean can be twisted into than is served by your neighbou... |
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Spread of Yoghurt (28 May 12:00) |
| Yoghurt has too much potential to waste on a simple raita. The cooling food can be turned to a dessert, a starter, of course a marinade for your main course, and also dessert. “Outside the... |
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On the three-top (26 May 12:00) |
| To celebrate three successful years, Team Mumbai Mirror is organising a Karaoke Contest (Karaoke OK Please) at various shopping malls across the city. On Saturday evening, we had organised a... |
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Whole-y grain! (26 May 12:00) |
| Roti has always been an integral part of Indian diet. Yet, the importance of this food group is little known. A diet high in whole grain foods is associated with a significantly lower risk o... |
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French dressing (25 May 12:00) |
| Picture the glamour of the entire world descending on one spot in the world. That is how South of France is in mid-May, during the Cannes Film Festival. The people on the streets walk around... |
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