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Edinburgh, Apr 19 (Not in Town/IBNS) From the glorious grandeur of Whisky Stramash (24 & 25 May) at Edinburgh’s Surgeons’ Hall to the spectacular surroundings at the Spirit of Speyside Festival (1-5 May), May 2014 toasts the arrival of Whisky Month - a unique programme of events celebrating the ‘water of life’ as part of the Year of Homecoming in Scotland. more
Ah, Samosas!

Indians’ favourite savoury snack –the samosa, is finding new fans in the American soil, discovers SPAN writer Jane Varner Malhotra

Sweet connection

If Bengal has its Rosogolla and winter’s delicacy ‘Nolen Gurer Sandesh’ made with palm jaggery, Japan has its ‘Wagashi’. A recent workshop in Kolkata introduced the gourmands to ...

Tea-time in the old street

Snacks form an integral part of the infectious adda sessions of Kolkata. While some of them have evolved over time, others have lost themselves to the fashionable food habits of the GenNext. ...

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