It always surprises foreigners to know that India doesn’t have a tradition of making cheese. We have yoghurt and we have paneer, fresh cottage cheese made by splitting milk and then straining it through a fine muslin cloth in traditional homes, but other than that, zilch.
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Fresh Italian Cheese Made In India
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on August 20th, 2009
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Tags: Amul, Cottage Cheese, Feta, Flander, Flavours, Goat Cheese, Gurgaon, Hinduism, India Cuisine, Indian Cooking, Injunctions, Italian Cheese, Italian Style, Muslin Cloth, New Beginnings, North India, Pizzas, Ripe Tomatoes, Southern India, Zilch 
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Posted by Anoothi Vishal on April 15th, 2009
International Herald Tribune’s legendary fashion editor Suzy Menkes was in New Delhi recently to conduct the IHT conference on sustainable luxury. I met her and was pleasantly surprised by how much she knew about the country. Menkes has apparently been always fascinated by India and has travelled throughout the country.
Posted in Heritage Tags: Britishers, Craftsmanship, Fashion Editor, Fashion Weeks, Handwork, Himalayas, India Kerala, India Travel, Indian Fashion Designers, International Herald Tribune, Jaisalmer, Kashmir, Pondicherry, Raj, Shawls, Southern India, Suzy Menkes, Travel International, Visiting India, Weaves 1 Comment »Top 10 Indian restaurants in India
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on April 13th, 2009
Recently, the Singapore-based Miele Guide asked me to be part of their jury to vote for Asia’s best restaurants. This is for the second consecutive year that I have been asked to do this, though I must say that I wasn’t to happy about what eventually turned up last year: Not many Indian restaurants were mentioned, the guide was heavily Singapore-centric and amongst the winners, the lone Indian, Bukhara, was as clichéd as cliché can be.
Posted in Restaurants Tags: Best Restaurants, Bukhara, Chettinad, Chinese Street, Comfort Food, Cuisine Restaurants, Garlic Crabs, Indian Judges, Indian Restaurants, Indian Snacks, Rasam, Regional Indian Cuisine, Sagar, Second Consecutive Year, Southern India, Street Style, Subcontinent, Tiffin, Trishna, Variety Of Rice 3 Comments »Tanjore paintings from Tanjore
Posted by Tushar Mathur on February 24th, 2009
Three years ago, when my friend Smita went to stay in Tanjore, a small little town in Tamil Nadu, southern India, she was despairing. A journalist married to an officer in the Indian Police Service (her husband was posted to the town, necessitating the move), she knew that work opportunities would be non-existent there.
Posted in Culture in India Tags: 24 Carat Gold, Auspicious Beginnings, Ayurvedic Massages, Backwaters, Bronzes Antiques, Capital Of Tamil Nadu, Carat Gold Leaf, Gold Foil, Hindu Deities, Indian Police Service, Lord Shiva, Northern India, Precious Gem Stones, Religious Motifs, Semi Precious Gem Stones, Southern India, Tanjore Paintings, Temple Town, Traditional Artisans, Work Opportunities Comments Off
