Food & Vegetarianism
Cardamom, Nutmeg & Cloves
These three sweet spices, with multiple benefits beyond their flavor, have long been valued in India and across Asia
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Food & Vegetarianism
A Vegetarian’s Food Diary: New York to Mumbai to New Delhi
The author’s journey exploring the diverse vegetarian dishes across India is a vibrant exploration of the country’s rich…
Environment
Childhood Nutrition
Don’t just feed your children good food,teach them how to eat right their whole life By Dr. Virender Sodhi Childhood [&h…
Health & Ayurveda
A Testimony to Turmeric
Celebrated for its many benefits, this golden spice offers anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, enhancing well-bei…
Health & Ayurveda
Cinnamon for Your Well-Being
This pungent ingredient brings a full and savory flavor to a wide variety of Indian curries, condiments, teas and pickle…
Food & Vegetarianism
The Meat Paradox
How can a person who feels compassion for animals still eat them? Two good friends take a weekend outing through [&helli…
Food & Vegetarianism
Come Feast At London’s Finest Vegetarian-Friendly Places
By Lavina Melwani, New York City Imagine living in a carnivorous—and coronavirus—world in the heart of London—and yet ex…
Food & Vegetarianism
Rice with Spice Is Twice as Nice
The fascinating biography and “I-didn’t-know-that” facts of the unpretentious grain that feeds half the world BY SADASIV…
Food & Vegetarianism
The Wonders of Coriander
For at least four thousand years, this versatile herb has enlivened the dishes and drinks of cuisines across the world […
Health & Ayurveda
Role of Sattvic Food in Spiritual Growth
Why a pure diet improves our emotional balance and makes it easier for us to connect with God through bhakti […]
Food & Vegetarianism
Food: Why Brown Rice Is Healthier
Why Brown Rice Is Healthier Almost everyone eats white rice—but should they? CAN YOU GUESS WHICH HIGHLY processed a…
Food & Vegetarianism
Mumbai’s Street Food Rocks!
Join our correspondent as she savors the culinary delights lining the roads BY LAVINA MELWANI ABILLION PEOPLE …
Food & Vegetarianism
Science: Why Eggs Are Not Vegetables
An unfertilized chicken egg cannot grow into a chick, but at the biochemical level, it belongs unmistakably to the anima…
Food & Vegetarianism
Delhi’s Vegetarian Delights
With its history of culinary arts and broad range of regional styles, India offers a dazzling cornucopia of choices for …
Health & Ayurveda
Spice World: Bitter Is Better—the Magic of Methi
For thousands of years fenugreek and its seeds have wielded their powers on our plates, our palettes and in nature’s [&h…
Health & Ayurveda
Nutrition: You Are What Your Ancestors Ate
A new gene study investigates how the biological evolution of humans in certain regions makes them more adapted to a [&h…
Health & Ayurveda
The Innovative, World-Class<br>Patanjali Food & Herbal Park
Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna repackage ancient ayurveda with high-tech processing and marketing savvy to snatch $1…
Health & Ayurveda
Educational Insight: Secrets of Indian Gastronomy
A Synopsis of the Ayurvedic Fundamentals of Food and its Preparation ALL TEXT EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK SECRETS OF INDIAN …
Food & Vegetarianism
Book Review: A Proven Path to a Healthy Plant-Based Diet
BOOK REVIEW A PROVEN PATH TO A HEALTHY PLANT-BASED DIET ______________________ The Campbell Plan is both compelling advo…
Food & Vegetarianism
Food: Gourmet Indian Dining for Vegetarians!
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY ITC GRAND CHOLA HOTEL Worthy of royalty: The restaurant showcases pan-Indian foods inspired by the k…
Philosophy & Scripture
From the Agamas: How to Cook for God
FROM THE AGAMAS HOW TO COOK FOR GOD ______________________ Kamika Agama offers its best recipes for preparing temple nai…
Personal Practice
Tradition: Mealtime Blessings
Thanks: Buddhist monks in Vietnam bless their meal; an American family “says grace” • • • • • • • […]
Food & Vegetarianism
Food: Mushrooms!
Mushrooms have been around since life originated on Earth. In fact, much of life on this planet depends on fungi, [&hell…
Health & Ayurveda
Health: What’s a Veggie Student to Do?
BY POOJA PATEL Every year a new group of hindu seniors heads off to their first year of college, many […]
Opinion
In My Opinion: The Sacred Act of Eating
BY DEEPA IYER In my great grandmother’s house in Thanjavur, every meal represented an elaborate ritual. She washed…
Environment
Nonviolence/Environment: How Our Food Choices Affect the Entire Planet
In The Ethics of What We Eat, Why Our Food Choices Matter (Rodale, 2006), Professor Peter Singer and animal rights [&hel…
Food & Vegetarianism
An Ethical Diet for Peace and Plenty
BY R.P. JAIN This editorial is drawn from a talk given by the author during the Gandhi Peace Panel lectures […]
Food & Vegetarianism
Vegetarian Myths Debunked
BY TAYLOR CLARK Every vegetarian remembers his first time. Not the unremarkable event of his first meal without meat, mi…
Food & Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism and Meat-Eating in 8 Religions
BY JANE SRIVASTAVA All religions of the world extol compassion, yet they vary in their commitment to expressing this vir…
Food & Vegetarianism
The Meat-Free Life
Five good reasons to be a vegetarian and 10 arguments against eating meat There are more that a few Hindus […]
Food & Vegetarianism
Russian Vegetarianism?
BY JANE SRIVASTAVA A joke from my birthplace goes something like this: Someone not familiar with Russia asks a Russian: …
Food & Vegetarianism
Tolstoy and the Russian Vegies
By Sergei Shaginyan The first vegetarian society in Russia was established by the great Russian writer and mystic, Leo T…
Food & Vegetarianism
Why Brown Rice is Healthier
Can you guess which highly processed and very popular food contributes to diabetes and, if it wasn’t fortified wit…
Opinion
Nepal’s Meateaters
By Deepa Bhat Last summer for two-and-a-half months I had an eye-opening experience in Nepal, the birthplace of Lord Bud…
Food & Vegetarianism
Blessed Rice
Deep down beneath the granite mountains of Colorado, where you might expect to find a secret US Defense Department stock…
Environment
Golden Rice: When Science Goes Awry
By Vandana Shiva Dr. Vandana Shiva is one of India’s and the world’s foremost environmental activists. She h…
Environment
India’s Natural Farm Friend
Farming is not business but a religious work,” says Ashok V. Sanghavi, master gardener at the innovative Sanghavi …
Health & Ayurveda
The Ways and Joys of Eating With Your hands
In our July/August issue, Maya Tiwari introduced the myriad benefits of using the hands in cooking and eating. In this […
Health & Ayurveda
Got Milk? And How!
By Hari Bansh Jha Seventy-year-old Doodh Dhari Baba lives on two liters of milk a day and nothing else. His […]
Food & Vegetarianism
Meat-Tainted Goodies
Love that silver foil covering your delectable sweets? True, varak, as it is called, surely does make for a pretty [&hel…
Health & Ayurveda
You Call This Food?
In the fall of 1997 a california high school biology class started their week just like any other week, or […]
Health & Ayurveda
GM Foods: Gift or Curse?
Microbiologist Vatsala Sperling argues ‘that genetic modification of foods is fraught with so much uncertainty and…
Health & Ayurveda
Hand-Made Food
By Bri. Maya Tiwari Aruna was a twelve-year-old girl who developed an aversion to food. Her parents tried all kinds [&he…
Culture & Society
A Spicy History
Black pepper was once worth its weight in gold. That was more than sufficient reason for explorers such as Ferdinand [&h…
Health & Ayurveda
Merchants of Spice
By Lavina Melwani The modern spice trader is likely to be a recycled immigrant engineer, accountant or other gray-cell p…
Health & Ayurveda
BOOKS
YOGI’S YUMMIES HEALTHY AND DELICIOUS IS THE THEME FOR THIS COOKBOOK By Tara Katir, Kapaa, Hawaii One day my mother…
Health & Ayurveda
Lotus: Food For the Body
By Anil K. Goel Besides its sanctity and beauty, the lotus is extensively used as both food and medicine in […]
Food & Vegetarianism
Artist’s Inquest
By Tara Katir If you enjoy chomping into that juicy burger, munching on a chicken leg or savoring pepperoni pizza, [&hel…
Health & Ayurveda
Food: Friend Or Foe?
By Vatsala Sperling When Hindu parents explain the meaning and purpose of our household rituals and traditions, children…
Health & Ayurveda
Rediscovering Ayurveda
By VRINDAVANAM S. GOPALAKRISHNAN K. Nair had a gut feeling, and it wasn’t caused by his painful peptic ulcer. Drug…
Health & Ayurveda
The Little-Known Noni
Most people instinctively avoid things that smell like this. But this is supposed to be medicine, and we all know [&hell…
Health & Ayurveda
Time to Veg Out
October 3, 1998, saw the Boston Vegetarian Society host numerous eateries, markets, nonprofit organizations and over 7,0…
Health & Ayurveda
Meatless Motherhood
By Devananda Tandavan There is absolutely no requirement for humans, including pregnant humans, to ingest animal foods. …
Health & Ayurveda
How About a Diet to Die For?
By Devananda Tandavan As I have mentioned in the past, the traditional South Indian vegetarian diet is an excellent bala…
Health & Ayurveda
Sweet and Insidious: Please Pass the Sugar
BY DEVANANDA TANDAVAN Sugar’s effect on our well being is a very controversial subject. Any of the following sympt…
Environment
The Buttersweet Benefits of Ghee
BY BRAHMACHARINI MAYA TIWARI Vedic seers considered milk to be the most sattvic (peace-producing) food for humankind. Fr…
Health & Ayurveda
Cool, Windy, Dry-How to Acclimate
BY DEVANANDA TANDAVAN The months of October, November and December constitute in the northern hemisphere the fall, autum…
Health & Ayurveda
Appetite for Asian Spice
By AJITH BRIDGRAJ Transcending any other cultural considerations, the allure of Asian food wins Indians a welcome seat w…
Health & Ayurveda
Will Nepal Go Veggie?
By Hari Bansh Jha Hari Singh estimates that 15 per-cent of Nepal’s 20 million citizens are vegetarians. Now 52, he…
Health & Ayurveda
No Cannable Cannibals!
With reports from Associated Press Now doesn’t that concern you all a little bit, learning that? It just stopped m…
Health & Ayurveda
Food and Breath: Sustaining the Body
BY BRAHMACHARINI MAYA TIWARI Food is divinely intertwined with the body. According to ancient Vedic seers, all things gr…
Health & Ayurveda
The Yellow Miracle Root
Think “natural healing,” and you likely conjure an image of rare herbal extracts with exotic names. But don&…
Health & Ayurveda
The Goodness of Guggal
Alternative medical practitioners share a common fate in America–they often serve as a “last resource”…
Health & Ayurveda
Minus the Hellfire, Brimstone Is Essential
BY DEVANANDA TANDAVAN Brimstone, the legendary yellow substance that burns with malodorous fury, is very toxic to humans…
Health & Ayurveda
Welcome The New Healers
By JULIE RAJAN, PHILADELPHIA Last time you visited a doctor, you probably gave little consideration to the impact of Ren…
Opinion
Ayurveda: Choicest Health-Care Choice
BY DR. VASANT LAD Beginning in 1979, I traveled from the East to the West coast of the United States, […]
Health & Ayurveda
Better Ways to Help An Overactive Child
By Devananda Tandavan When children are in adults’ presence or environment, many of them are fidgety, cannot sit s…
Health & Ayurveda
BSE: The Ruminant Empire Strikes Back
By Devananda Tandavan We have previously discussed Great Britain’s epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. B…
Food & Vegetarianism
Stevia Rebaudiana: How Sweet It Is!
By Devananda Tandavan Stevia Rebaudiana has has been growing wild in upper South America for centuries and is now cultiv…
Health & Ayurveda
Vegetarianism: Roots of Righteousness
BY SWAMI PRAGYANAND Sanatana Dharma, today known as Hindu Dharma, the eternal religion, is an integration of nature and …
Environment
India – Once Plentiful
Most of us college-educated Indians were taught that inefficient technologies and low productivities pervaded through lo…
Health & Ayurveda
Your Teenage Vegetarian
By JANICE JAMES, M.S. , R.D. (AP) Teenagers who become vegetarians can be developing dietary habits that help provide th…
Health & Ayurveda
Antidotes For Andropause
By Devananda Tandavan Are you a man 45 years or older who is finding himself becoming more irritable and argumentative […
Health & Ayurveda
Veggie: Norm in the Dorm
By Maryellen La Bosco, New York While vegetarianism is no longer an aberration in America, at Sarah Lawrence College in …
Culture & Society
McDonald’s Deli in Delhi
The beefcake at the Miss World beauty contest in Bangalore is getting a lot more press, but the opening of […]