Mera Chicken Tikka
India’s top chefs have warned Scottish MPs to keep their hands off the rights to chicken tikka masala. Link So here’s the story, Scottish MPs made an attempt to ‘patent’ the name Chicken Tikka Masala,...
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The holiday season is here in the US and A and with that commences the seemingly never ending list of potluck parties, not that I’m complaining. At one such potluck in an official setting, some of us...
View ArticleThe baingan conundrum
A genetically modified version of the baingan a.k.a brinjal a.k.a eggplant is at the center of a fascinating debate in India. [Time] The brinjal in question is no ordinary vegetable: it’s full name is...
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American chain restaurants taking India by storm
Warning: If talk of non-traditional Indian foods, offends you, please take your outrage to Twitter Nothing says Main Street America like strip malls and chain restaurants (see: Applebees, Chilis,...
View ArticleGupta v. “exotic” Indian restaurant
An Indian family in NJ (where else?) is suing an “exotic” Indian restaurant for serving them samosas with meat, even though they were vegetarians. [NJ Ledger via HuffPo] For an India Day celebration in...
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