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Indian restaurants-on-wheels in USA-Curry Up Now, Naan Stop, India Jones, Dosa Truck

New York, Dec 26, 2010 (Calcutta Tube/IBNS) Food trucks serving cuisine of India are becoming hip across USA, say Indian Americans. These restaurants on wheels, some of which claim to be serving gourmet and off-beat foods,  have become popular in California, New York, Texas, North Carolina, Philadelphia, and Washington DC. [ReviewAZON asin="081185342X" display="inlinepost"]With interesting names—“Curry [...]

Butter has been around almost since the inception of civility. The records reveal that butter originated during the Mesopotamian civilization, between 9000 and 8000 BC. It was initially prepared from sheep/goat since domestication of cattle took place long after. The benefits of butter for human consumption have been referred to in several ancient documents, including [...]

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New York, Oct 5, 2010 (Calcutta Tube) Thursday is the day when the maximum number of people order late-night pizzas in New York. According to a survey by online restaurant ordering site Delivery.com, the most pizzas are ordered after 10 p.m. Thursday, and the the city’s topping of choice is pepperoni, the New York Post [...]

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September 22, 2010, NEW YORK, (Calcutta Tube): To compile and rank theAmerica’s best cocktail bars for the October issue, GQ traveled over 30,000 miles, visited twenty-one cities and 102 bars, and drank more than 400 cocktails, before finally selecting Seattle’s Zig Zag Cafe as the number one bar on the list.  At Zig Zag Cafe, [...]

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September 22, 2010, ORRVILLE, Ohio,(Calcutta Tube):  Family Day is a day when parents can look forward to eating good food and sharing great conversations with their children and make family mealtime part of their traditions.  In her book, The Surprising Power of Family Meals, Miriam Weinstein shows how this basic human institution helps nourish and [...]

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Hyderabadi Haleem: Goal Meat cooked in Pure Ghee-Ramadan special dish

Hyderabad, Sep 3 (Calcutta Tube) Hyderabad is famous for the Charminar, Salarjung Museum, Biryani and IT companies — and the Hyderabadi Haleem is now all set to join the vaunted list. The famous and nutritious dish available here during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will soon get the Hyderabadi tag akin to Darjeeling Tea, [...]

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Art and food have come togther in a unique gourmet experience at La Ramblas, the new baby of Delhi-based restaurant magnate A.D. Singh. It offers contemporary Indian kitsch art along with a funky Spanish menu of ‘tapas and sangria‘. The new open air eatery is located at the trendy The Lap Garden at Hotel Samrat [...]

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