We love food. There’s no two ways about it. So how does the average twenty-something in India find the patience and money to buy avocados, chia seeds, quinoa, and coconut milk to replace their staples of breads and spreads?

Turn your plain old masala Maggi into crunchy spring rolls with this easy recipe.

Switching cities can be a daunting task, especially when it comes to finding everyday comfort food. But culinary experimentation and acidity are two sides of the same coin. How do you flip a favourable outcome?

Despite being from a cosmopolitan family, I realised that every day, I was unwittingly consuming our caste on my plate. In the game of kitchen politics, caste is a far more deeply riven divide, than the differences between North and South Indian food.

A list of essentials that urban Indians need to survive First World problems and the Armageddon.

The lives of the big-eyed, gentle-faced, and maach-guzzling Bengalis are marred by a potent shadow of the world’s most deadly dose of ABC – ambol (acidity), bodhojom (indigestion), and constipation. It’s no wonder then, that the easiest way to a Bengali’s appetite is through a strip of Digene.

Ladoo, modak, and lots of goodies. It's the day to welcome the original foodie.

Indian restaurants and pubs have their own caste system. Firangs are the Brahmins of the restaurant world, and next in line are Silver Spoons – celebrities from the film industry. All the hospitality is reserved for them. At the bottom of the rung are single, young men, aka the Sad Stag Group.

We seem to have become intolerant to the very foods that used to be household staples – butter, cheese, milk, and rotis! Has something truly changed, or as my mom would say, are we just trying new ways to push up our cool quotient?

Gone are the days of good old steamed idlis and paneer-capsicum pizza. Today restaurants that serve pav bhaji fondue and red velvet dhokla flourish. It doesn’t matter if the food tastes awful. Just like our lives online, it is only important that the food we eat looks great.

Arré Grub is the future of food content. It is the world presented to you in gastronomic Technicolor with food tales that are colourful, delicious, layered, and fun.

Gujaratis inherit a penchant for "food terrorism". There were Gujarati kids at school who wouldn’t drink “jhoota” water in case it had been touched by a meat eater. And there was my grandmother who’d remind me that I was Jain every time I’d go for an evening snack.

Soon I’ll exchange my Mangalorean kitchen for that of a Tamil one. I’m both excited and apprehensive, at the thought of adjusting to a new kitchen and a new master of ceremonies.

Maharashtrian cuisine is endlessly diverse. Puneri cuisine is very different from food from Konkan, Vidarbha, or Kolhapur. Within these cuisines, lie the differences of caste and class. But the problem with Sachin Kundalkar’s Gulabjaam is that it doesn’t acknowledge any of this.

Crispy cheese fingers for that cheesy person in your life. Tag karo!

Strength of character is directly proportional to the colour of chai. #ChaiPeCharcha

Gayhun, no longer an admission of guilt.

We're celebrating Teachers' Day with our favourite teacher in a bottle. Come join the fun.

Make this masala chai with a boozy twist go ease the Monday blues at work. Kisi ko pata nahi chalega.

Most middle-class Bengali families such as mine are moderately open-minded. You can make honest confessions to them about your vices and hope for a friendly ear, but never about your vegetarianism.

Arre Grub: Bring in #Bihu, the Assamese New Year, with an exotic Red Ant Egg Scramble that won't bite back! Geetika Saikia, who runs Geetika's Paghod, introduces us to an authentic Assamese tribal meal.

Gatari, the last day before the holy month of Shravan begins, is a day of indulgence. Eat meat and drink until you pass out in the gutter. That’s the mantra in Mumbai’s Maharashtrian pockets.

Just like there’s a Hallmark card for every occasion, there’s a specific type of whisky uncle you encounter in different situations.

All those artisanal beer-drinkers, who pretend to be lederhosen-wearing Germans: Most of you wouldn’t know a Berliner Weisse from an Eisebock if it came and kicked you in the ass.

Make the ultimate desi-Chinese fusion food, Wai Wai Chinese Bhel and send your tastebuds on a one way trip to flavourtown.

When it comes to the hallowed halls of fine dining, we Indians are our own enemy. We are hell bent on demanding nothing but biryani and butter chicken at a restaurant that serves a 12-course modern Indian tasting menu.

Life is not a Quora thread and hence not all teetotallers have grand backstories that involve prisons, arrests, and a dozen deaths. Sometimes our reasons are as simple as we don’t friggin’ like alcohol. So stop urging us to “loosen up and embrace the times”.

Boozy Irish Coffee: #Monday blues bhagao, coffee mein whisky milao. #MondayMotivation

Presenting, Maggi Biryani, a crossover of two of India's favourite foods. Stop asking your Muslim friends for biryani and make it yourself. Seize the means of production.

Food and sex go hand in hand. Making love on an empty stomach is like crossing the desert barefoot: You wouldn’t want to do it unless absolutely necessary. What we eat says a lot about who we are. Pick a five-course meal and we’ll tell you your favourite sexual position.