Chocolate Barfi or Chocolate Burfi is an easy Indian sweet made with khoya (mawa), cocoa powder, and sugar. It has a rich chocolate flavor with a soft, fudgy texture. This is one of the easiest mithai recipe you can make at home. You only need a few ingredients and about 5 minutes of cooking time....

Nancy Silverton still doesn’t like being called a chef. When I caught up with her on the phone — all while prepping for dinner at one of her Los Angeles restaurants — she says that she much prefers to be “called a cook, or a restaurant owner,” adding, “that whole image of a chef is...

Malta has officially launched a new food agency bringing food safety functions together under one structure. Prime Minister Robert Abela said the Food Safety and Security Authority will enhance governance and the protection of food security. Established through the Food Safety and Security Authority Act 2025, the agency aims to ensure that all food produced,...

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Food tech startup Celleste Bio said it has become the first to produce cell-cultured cocoa butter, a milestone for the industry as it struggles with high chocolate prices. Celleste’s lab-grown cocoa butter is “bio-identical to...

When my sister and I were growing up in Nagoya, Japan, our mother would sometimes bring us to Tsuruma Park after school to let us run free. The playground, fringed by dark trees that cast shade on the Showa-era slides, always felt a little hidden, a separate place where only mothers and children could go....

The European Commission has lost a court case brought by a fish company relating to a piece of regulation. The General Court ruled that the EU Commission failed to consult the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) before introducing new legislation, so it should be annulled. The EU Commission is required to ask EFSA for scientific...

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Nestlé said Thursday it will cut 16,000 jobs during the next two years as the packaged food giant reduces costs to accelerate a turnaround of its business. The reduction represents about 6% of the company’s...

Soyachunks Pops are crispy, flavorful, and full of plant-based protein. This soyachunks pops recipe is quick to make, needs only a handful of ingredients, and is sure to become your favorite healthy tea time snack. These golden, crunchy pops are coated in spiced gram-flour batter and deep-fried to perfection – perfect for those times when...

Glistening diyas, sparkling fairy lights, sweets and snacks that glitter the eyes and soul, and joy all around – this is the Diwali festival in India. Popular under the sobriquet ‘festival of lights,’ Diwali in 2025, falls on October 20. Since the festivities also mean the most delicious Diwali Sweets, both sweet and savory, I...

“Have a magical day and night,” reads the sign at the entrance of Cifa Bar in Panaji, the capital of the coastal Indian state of Goa. Set among the narrow lanes and colonial architecture of the city’s Fontainhas neighborhood (Latin Quarter), the bar is small, just one long narrow room painted green, decorated with an...