This biryani tour began at 8 a.m. To celebrate Madras Day, The Hindu organised a day-long curated trail to highlight the unique varieties of this city favourite’s dish. For those of you who could not join us, here’s the list

Here’s a look at what’s in store in the city for upcoming festivals  

Beer is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world but how well do you know it?

Breadway in Visakhapatnam focuses on offering authentic flavours through artisanal breads and bakes

Kerala’s much-loved cookbook author, Annamma Mathew, more popularly known as Mrs K M Mathew’s culinary legacy comes alive in a new book

Meet the artists turning croissants, sadyas, burgers, and more into wearable miniatures

Chennai’s thriving mess culture is dominated by families that have made it their mission to serve good quality food at pocket-friendly rates for students and working professionals

Chandon, the award-winning sparkling wine brand, debuts its still red wine, Aurva, a culmination of six decades of pioneering winemaking across the globe

The bean-to-bar chocolate brand from Udaipur focuses on using indigenous Indian fruits and berries

The Ambur Canteen serves a variety of flavours that its founders grew up on, including recipes from their mothers, grandmothers and cooks

Grunge interiors, quirky graffiti and flavour-driven dishes are the highlights of Gresham Fernandes’s new popup, Bandra Born, in Mumbai

Two Canada-based Malayali friends brew Taika, an artisanal arrack using fruits, spices, dates and jaggery Their ‘naadan charayam’ label bears the image of an elephant and a Kerala bus

Housed in the Le Grande Hotel in Tashkent, the restaurant is a definite stopover for tourist groups from India and is popular for its Bollywood nights

Their numbers in India may be dwindling, but the Baghdadi Jews who emigrated from Bombay and Calcutta are holding on to their history with aloo makala and holiday favourite chicken chitarnee

In Kolkata, there’s always room for you at the Christmas party. And a slice of rich plum cake

This festive season, bring the party home. From plating meals created by celebrated chefs to laying out the table and serving impressive cocktails, we tell you how to do it

Located on the 10th floor in Egmore, and spread across 4,500 square feet, Irida Skky Lounge focusses on technique-driven dishes and cocktails

It may be banned in Goa, but the batter fried cauliflower is part of Indo-Chinese cuisine’s rich history, harking back to the British Raj. And it has plenty of fans

Convenient, affordable and prepared in home kitchens, gravy carts or kulambu kadais in Chennai offer a variety of dishes, with the option of customisations and even customisation is possible. These vendors serve authentic Tamil Nadu flavours and generally functions in busy localities for limited hours. As the rates are pocket-friend, they have a good patronage in the neighbourhoods they operate.

There is a wide range of affordable Iftar take away boxes including vegan, and special Arabian and Hyderabadi dishes are made available on the menu in some restaurants in Chennai throughout the month of fasting

Rampyari Chaiwala Netaji Bhajiawala dishes out snacks such as litti chokha and Kashmiri bondas, uncommon in South India

Sudanese entrepreneur brings Sudan’s culinary traditions to Egypt, aiming to introduce Egyptian palates to Sudanese culture

The menu, featuring 100 dishes, is a diverse mix of cuisines with dishes like spanakopita, Thai curry, muttai 65 and avakkai urulai

The Bombay Canteen, as part of its their annual Independence Day Daawat, has collaborated with Nature:re [Nature Rebalance], an RPG Foundation initiative to transforming Mahalaxmi’s Captain Namdev Lotankar Park into an ecologically-driven urban oasis.

Brewers have taken exception to the draft notification on it and demanded its withdrawal

The legendary wedding caterer Mountbatten Mani Iyer who was known for cooking memorable traditional wedding feasts passed away peacefully on September 22 in Chennai

Circars Bistro, Visakhapatnam’s newest American and continental dining space, offers a smorgasbord of offerings for the palate

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1. Teen infected in Canada’s first bird flu case is in critical condition  The Washington Post
2. A Canadian teen is in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu  The Associated Press
3. Teenager in critical condition with Canada’s first human case of bird flu  The Guardian
4. H5N1-infected teenager now in ‘critical condition’ say Canadian doctors  The Telegraph
5. Canadian teen with suspected avian flu in critical condition  University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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2. November supermoon will rise this week, and here's why it's so special  NBC Chicago
3. The Next Full Moon Will Be the Last of Four Consecutive Supermoons  Science@NASA
4. Beaver Moon 2024: See the final 'supermoon' of the year rise next to the 'Seven Sisters'  Livescience.com
5. Be sure to catch this week's full supermoon, the last one for a year  MLive.com

1. NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce  Space.com
2. JPL Workforce Update  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
3. NASA’s JPL to cut 325 positions amid budget tightening  The Pasadena Star-News
4. NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab announces hundreds of layoffs: 'Painful but necessary'  Fox Business

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4. Fantasy Football Week 11 Defense (DST) Rankings and Streamers  NBC Sports
5. Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 11  The Associated Press

1. Big Ten dominates latest College Football Playoff rankings  CNN
2. Oregon, Ohio St., Texas, Penn St. CFP top four  ESPN
3. College Football Playoff rankings: Georgia bumped out of bracket while Oregon, Ohio State hold steady at top  The Athletic
4. Georgia’s Omission From 12-Team CFP Projection Shows Strength of Schedule Is a Myth  Sports Illustrated
5. 12-team playoff is already BROKEN + Heisman contenders & pretenders | College Football Power Hour  Yahoo Sports

1. Mark Pope gets a big win as No. 19 Kentucky takes down No. 6 Duke in Champions Classic  WLKY Louisville
2. KU's precarious top spot, Flagg's costly turnovers, more from the Champions Classic  ESPN
3. Cooper Flagg's costly last-minute turnovers spoil his big night, doom Duke against Kentucky  Yahoo Sports
4. Kentucky delivers with its defense in the final seconds. Cats upset No. 6 Duke in Atlanta.  Lexington Herald Leader
5. Duke Falls to Kentucky, 77-72 - Duke University  GoDuke.com

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2. Samantha Harvey wins the Booker prize for “Orbital”  The Economist
3. ‘This is a book we need now’: Sara Collins on choosing this year’s Booker winner  The Guardian
4. Orbital by Samantha Harvey: the Booker prize-winner set to go 'stratospheric'  The Week
5. The inconvenient truth about this year’s Booker Prize winner  The Independent

1. iOS 18.2 public beta 2 now available, here’s everything new  9to5Mac
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3. Apple Likely Planning to Release iOS 18.2 on December 9  MacRumors
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4. OWC’s first Thunderbolt 5 hub is available for preorder.  The Verge
5. Thunderbolt 5 in New Macs: Features, Benefits, and Is It Needed?  MacRumors

Exclusive: US scrutinizes Russia accounts UBS took over from Credit Suisse, sources say  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News

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4. VW and Rivian officially kick off $5.8 billion joint venture, announce leadership  The Verge

1. Liberty Media to spin off assets; CEO Greg Maffei to step down at year-end  CNBC
2. Charter Communications to Acquire John Malone’s Liberty Broadband in All-Stock Deal  Hollywood Reporter
3. Breaking: F1 owner CEO announces departure  Racingnews365.com
4. Charter Communications announces buyout deal for Liberty Broadband at terms above its previous proposal  MarketWatch
5. Greg Maffei to step down as CEO of F1 owner Liberty Media  Motorsport.com

1. Annual inflation rate hit 2.6% in October, meeting expectations  CNBC
2. Live: Analysis of US CPI Report for October  Bloomberg
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4. CPI Report: Live Updates on Inflation  The New York Times