Sake

Can anything made from fermented rice be good? Doesn't sound tempting, we thought. But everyone who's sipped it can't stop praising Sake to high heaven. So we gave Japan's national drink a shot. And then ...

Famous for "Akita bijin," local women admired for their porcelain complexions, Akita Prefecture is also known as a kingdom of fine sake, with 38 breweries.

Koji is a naturally occurring culture used most extensively in Japan to ferment rice and soya and make popular foods like soy sauce, miso, sake, mirin, rice vinegar and vegetable pickles.

Japan produces a range of high quality alcoholic spirits. From single malts to local liqueurs to terrific beers you will be spoilt for choice.

Brighten up your bleak February evenings with a touch of stodgy Mediterranean magic.Aubergine parmigiana (aka melanzane alla parmigiana, or parmesan aubergine, for the sake of linguistic consistency) is that rare and glorious thing: Mediterranean stodge....

Don't fear the briny crustacea: follow a few basic rules and you'll be shucking oysters and peeling prawns with panacheThe term "shellfish" covers an ocean's-worth of molluscs and crustacea, so for brevity's sake I've chosen ...

When his family business was closing after nearly four centuries of making sake and other spirits, Ichiro Akuto swooped to rescue the doomed distillery's whisky stock and went out on his own. A little over ...

If you've always loved rice but avoided it for the sake of your diet dreams, heres a piece of good news that will put it back on your plate.

Marking the World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today planted a sapling at the lawns of his Race Course Road residence and exhorted people to work towards protecting the environment for the sake of ...

Chef Vikram Khatri is known for his skills of cooking some lip-smacking Pan-Asian dishes, pushing the boundaries to bring about a contemporary edge in each of his creations. We meet him for a quick chat ...