Mungdi brings hill cuisine to Dhaka
2 August 2026
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Food & Recipes
Recipes that keep your gas cylinder going longer
29 July 2026
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Food & Recipes
The flavours of a rainy afternoon
26 July 2026
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Food & Recipes
The World Cup final match munchies guide
19 July 2026
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Food & Recipes
The dudh-cha versus rong-cha debate and how we hijacked a British tea party
11 July 2026
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Food & Recipes
An evening at Sumaya Khan’s Supper Club
29 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
Why Bangladesh must save its indigenous rice before it disappears
28 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
Why Sirajganj sweets taste different from anywhere else
21 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
The chef, the GenZ, the dreamer
20 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
Kishwar Chowdhury brings her book ‘Smoke Rice Water’ to Dhaka
20 June 2026
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Food & Recipes
Lotus Etang - A treasure trove of Pan-Asian food
Lotus Etang is a Pan-Asian restaurant in Gulshan, Dhaka. From Chinese to Mongolian to Thai, the eatery serves delicacies of different Pan-Asian cuisines. Try out Lotus Etang if you are in love with Asian food. Here's our review!
17 April 2017
Straight From Kitchen Episode 20 | The Way Dhaka
If life gave you potatoes and prawn, what would you do? Combine the two to create perfection of course! This week Straight From Kitchen goes to The Way to show you how to do just that!
17 April 2017
A deshi treat on Pahela Baishakh
Wash rice and daal together and strain the water properly. Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onions, cardamom, cinnamon sticks and bay leaves.
10 April 2017
Baishakhi treats @ Lakeshore Hotel
Wash rice and place it in straining bowl. Add turmeric powder, mix well and spread the rice on a platter until use.
10 April 2017
Bengali's bhartas
Along with dal, bhortas are possibly the quintessential Bengali food, a staple in our diet.
10 April 2017
A Bengali tea party
Planning for a tea party with your favourite acquaintances? And confused as how to go about dishing up that unique, yet easy-to-do recipe? Tea is very much part of our Bengali lifestyle without which occasions remain incomplete. So, sit back, get relaxed and have a cup of tea. Celebrate summer with a candlelit evening high tea, and serve season-inspired recipes your guests are sure to enjoy.
10 April 2017
The Korean Beef and Rice
Chef: Seunghee Kim
Designation: Managing Director
Bulgogi Fried Noodle
Ingredients:
100gms sliced beef
1 tsp soy sauce
3 April 2017
Leftovers
As any mistress or master of the kitchen will tell you, leftovers are inevitable.
27 March 2017
Winning the battle against cancer
When Tahrin (not her real name), a 27-year-old school teacher was diagnosed with cancer, life seemed to have stood still.
27 March 2017
Exquisite Italian Edibles
Sautee the shrimp for 5 minutes with 1 tbsp butter. Then, add the tomato sauce and rice with a drizzle of fish oil.
26 March 2017
The succulent world of offal
Offal is a word I've known since before I was ten, if not earlier, being a young food lover. To be honest, it is not an everyday meal and should be prepared once or twice a month when the whole family can enjoy a mouth-watering delicacy.
20 March 2017
Hydrate on the go
If you are an energetic individual who likes nothing more than to spend all the hot humid days outside running around and doing...
20 March 2017
Eat Street Evolution
And if you think this phenomenon is something new- an adaptation for the busy city dwellers who just can't make time for anything-
20 March 2017
Lip-smacking meals at LongBeach
Begin by taking a non-sticky fry pan to heat oil and then proceed to fry the finely chopped garlic and onion. After that, start stir-frying
20 March 2017
Calcutta – the possibly untold story
I was reading an article by Fiona Caulfield that got published in The Guardian.
13 March 2017
Hot desserts
Cut each orange into 4 thick slices and halve each slice. Thread 2 orange pieces, 1 apple wedge, 1 banana slice and 2 pineapple chunks on to each of 8 skewers.
13 March 2017
China’s favourite Dimsum
This week The Daily Star & Eastern Bank Limited present ‘Straight From Kitchen’ - Episode 15 bringing China's Favourite Dimsum recipes prepared by Dilan Xu, executive chef, Chows Restaurant.
13 March 2017
Healthy lifestyle can prevent kidney disease: experts
Unhealthy lifestyle leads to increase in kidney ailment as Bangladesh is hugely suffering from the disease due to rapidly changed food habit and way of life, health experts say.
9 March 2017
Getting calcium-rich
The element that takes the atomic number 20, calcium is essential for all living beings.
6 March 2017
Learning art
Art helps people appreciate and understand different cultures and social values of our diverse society. And for children, the importance is even greater.
27 February 2017