food

Review: East Side Sushi (2015)
Sushi on a white plate.
Review: East Side Sushi (2015)

Time: 1hr 47min In English, Spanish and Japanese, with English subtitles “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if…
By Kristin Francoeur
October 1, 2015
Review: East Side Sushi (2015)
Tell me, who can eat?
Different kinds of pizzas, a caesar salad, pasta, bread, dips, and drinks kept on a wooden surface.
Tell me, who can eat?

There are hundreds of mukbangers and flood vloggers in India, with individuals earning lakhs of rupees through just eating delicious, and sometimes weird, food. However, those mukbang creators who do not follow stereotypical ideas of gender, caste and class meet with differential treatment.
By Ankita Kundu
July 5, 2023
Tell me, who can eat?
The Editorial: Food, Drink and Sexuality
Various non-veg food items printed on a page of a book.
The Editorial: Food, Drink and Sexuality

“Beauty should be edible, or not at all.” ― Salvador Dalí A Google search with the keywords “food sexuality India”…
By TARSHI
October 15, 2015
The Editorial: Food, Drink and Sexuality
The Feast
Brown and white ceramic container with mango pinkle in it.
The Feast

For everybody was more interested in the welcome sounds of cooks at work and the aromas wafting from the huge community kitchen, adjoining the hall, than in the puja.
By Sailaja P
July 17, 2023
The Feast
The Taste of Purple
A small pile of black rice or Oriza sativa used to make Kavuni Arisi halwa
The Taste of Purple

Stop everything! I have a condition that you must follow before you read any further, before you consume what I’ve…
By Hanish Srinivasan
July 17, 2023
The Taste of Purple
Video Page: Khaney Mein Kya Hai?
A still from a video. A mother, a daughter, and a maid are coversing while working in the kitchen.
Video Page: Khaney Mein Kya Hai?

The engaging and humorous short film Khaney Mein Kya Hai (What’s to eat?) focuses on a seemingly mundane conversation between a…
By Curated Content
November 1, 2017
Video Page: Khaney Mein Kya Hai?
Video: Ilish
Late evening and it's raining with the trees swaying gently. Title card is present on the right with Ilish written in a mix of Roman and Devanagari characters.
Video: Ilish

Watch the romantic story of a Bengali couple to find out if Geetu will be successful in her passionate mission to fulfil the desire of her husband Amit.
By Curated Content
July 5, 2023
Video: Ilish
‘किमाम वाली रात के नाम’ – भारतीय इतिहास में पान की शृंगारिक भूमिका
A photograph of a man washing betel leaves with water in a steel bucket.
‘किमाम वाली रात के नाम’ – भारतीय इतिहास में पान की शृंगारिक भूमिका

Within its realm, each artwork embodies an emblematic act that accompanies the intricate ritual of food: hunger, gathering, fire, serving, devouring and, ultimately, nourishing.
By Annika Amber
July 17, 2023
‘किमाम वाली रात के नाम’ – भारतीय इतिहास में पान की शृंगारिक भूमिका
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