Satya Mohapatra

Brinjal, aka Auberjine aka Eggplant is one of those veggies that many cooks find daunting. It feels like there are a lot of rules (and a lot of steps) involved in cooking eggplant to make it…

Fast food and junk food aren’t interchangeable terms and confuse people who want to eat healthy. Not all fast food is bad for you, and some junk food isn’t really ‘fast’ as well. Fast and…

As an FSMS auditor, I have observed quite a number of tricks that chefs put in process to reduce food waste. To save money, they buy in bulk or freeze the excess edible leftovers. They…

Obesity continues to be a major health hazard across the world, with adult mortality as high as 2.8 million per year. Chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and heart-related ailments…

The diners expect that their orders are correct and they get refills on time.The servers, apart from serving food, keenly observe the customer’s attitude, appearance, way of speaking and…

It's fun walking the food aisles of the supermarkets or any food malls – the way the labelling is done, taking gullible customers for a ride. Let's take a look at the egg carton labels. We…

Is it a wakeup call: To take our food, lives and planet seriously? Our lovely planet will not sustain the way we are indulging in our day-to-day activities specially to satisfy our stomach.…

Who would think that we have to thank the Dutch for the called wonder gajar ka halwa.It’s a tenuous connection, but orange carrots were created in the 17th century, when Dutch farmers…

Biryani, Indian dishes and then Chinese are the preferred food ordered in Bhubaneswar.This reminds me of the famous words of late French President Charles De Gaulle: “How can anyone…

When I take any meal in my favourite Chinese restaurant -- egg, vegetable, chicken, lamb dishes -- the texture is out of the world.This process is known as velveting and in Mandarin,…