70s who was managed by Gordon Mills, who also managed the biggest singer of that era: Tom Jones. Because Jones was the bigger star, Engelbert was always treated by his management as being something of ...

Regular readers of this column will be familiar with two regulars of Rude Food. The first is the great biryani hunt, which is now into its second year with disastrous consequences for my shape. And ...

Always intend to do a list of the best meals I have had each year. But so poor is my rapidly ageing memory that by the time I get around to actually writing the piece, I’ve usually forgotten what I ...

I have to declare an interest. I have known Nicholas Coleridge since the mid 80s when I was editor of Imprint magazine and he was features editor of Harpers and Queen. Since then, we’ve all gone on to ...

I yield to nobody in my admiration of the American Grilled Cheese sandwich, possibly the only edible, fully-vegetarian sandwich to come out of that continent. And I am a fan of all kinds of British ...

You Ask Greeting Mr Sanghvi, I really worry about the rampage a single party is causing across India. This is not a good sign. And ... Vir's ans I would like it if we had a strong national opposition ...

I would like it if we had a strong national opposition party. Unfortunately the daily collapse of the Congress makes this impossible. What it means is that unless the Modi government does very badly, ...

These are good times for Indian food abroad. A few weeks ago, I wrote about Gaggan Anand, whose eponymous Bangkok restaurant has been voted Asia’s Best Restaurant for a second year in a row. Zorawar ...

It’s a funny thing to say, but it was in London, of all places, that I had a couple of Eureka moments about Indian food. The first came when I was chatting on the phone to Maunika Gowardhan, a private ...

wine competition hosted in Bombay last week got thousands of entries from all over the world. The competition was jointly organised by Sommelier magazine and the Wine Society of India which is headed ...

Vir Sanghvi is the best-known Indian journalist of his generation. His career straddles print, television, books and now, new media. Vir Sanghvi was born in London in 1956 and educated at Mayo College ...

famous Indian dishes in the world never to be cooked in Indian home kitchens, then there must surely be a vegetarian candidate for the same category. I think I have found it: it is the black dal so ...