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
Moon Peak Espresso – coffee, tea and more
The intrepid travellers went to McLeodganj. Upper Dharmashala, in Himachal Pradesh, a beautiful, sleepy, quaint town that hits headlines thanks to His Holiness Dalai Lama who lives there.
11 January 2016
Moka Bistro
Located in Banani 11, Moka Bistro is one of the hottest bistros in town. The open windows that surround the bistro allow the...
11 January 2016
MAKE IT OR BAKE IT
The joy of making your own bread is just overwhelming. The thick outer crust and soft pillow-like inside of freshly baked bread is like a blessing...
11 January 2016
Palate from the port
Dhaka's culinary scene now has more exotic and authentic cuisines from across the world - from oriental to continental - than it ever had.
4 January 2016
Poush sankranti recipes
Poush Sankranti, also known as Makar Sankranti is celebrated all over South Asia. Known by different names, it is celebrated with
4 January 2016
Patchwork skin
Dryness is quite a common skin condition. However, when our facial skin starts flaking, it can be rather embarrassing and has us running for our foundations and concealers, which only make matters worse!
4 January 2016
SMOKIN’ DUCK
Using a sharp knife, score the skins of the duck breasts, season well and keep aside. To make the marinade, place all of the remaining...
28 December 2015
NIBBLE AWAY
First marinate chicken wings with pepper, salt, soy sauce, red chilli powder, vinegar, garlic, and green chillies.
28 December 2015
George's La Dolce Vita
Far away from the chaos of Banani 11, La Dolce Vita is on the eighth floor of the building and is blessed with quite a nice view.
28 December 2015
Cocoa tinted glasses
I read somewhere “Your favourite chocolate defines your time, or so you think. Some bridge the decades and the generations. They're as familiar to your granny as they are to you.”
21 December 2015
Pitha galore this winter
Bangladeshi winters mean weddings, steaming plates of biriyani drenched in ghee with soft potatoes, cozy sweaters gathering dust and smell of naphthalene balls in your cupboard, badminton games in your neighbourhood, warm warm blankets, monkey caps and of course the pièce de résistance of winter—Pithas.
10 December 2015
Cheesy chhana
Chhana, or cottage cheese, is a fresh curd product with a mild cheesy flavour.
30 November 2015
Winter Pitha
Pitha is a traditional food item in our country. Different types of pitha are made during the year in Bangladesh. But the winter season is the best season for making and having pitha.
23 November 2015
Learning to live right with Dr Richa Chopra
When a person with a PhD in psychology who understands human minds and tendencies turns her attention towards more spiritual endeavours...
23 November 2015
All about feet
Our feet endure a journey equivalent to walking around the world four times in our entire lifetime. Despite being as important as they are for any of us...
23 November 2015
Emojis – the virtual language
If you are an active smartphone user, and the odds are that you are – unless you are the last person on earth using a vintage blackberry...
23 November 2015
Hair Loss: The hope to cope
A very famous proverb goes, ‘You are what you eat.’ Being healthy on the inside will make you look healthier on the outside. Although our skin and hair color is traceable to our ancestry and heritage, there are solutions to solving inherited traits that we may be struggling with.
21 November 2015
Bijoya Sammilani
The much vaunted meet after Pujo celebrations. Primarily because we do not want to let go of festivities and look for any excuses to carry on.
16 November 2015
The Art of Doodling
Remember those days when the margins of your notebooks used to be filled with squiggles, hearts and clumsily drawn people? Newly painted ...
16 November 2015
Why a Diabetic Shouldn’t Skip Breakfast
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast is the first meal we have after getting out of bed, where you are essentially ‘breaking your overnight fast’.
14 November 2015