Pastry chef Juhi Pahwa does not like sugar coating. The baker to the stars owns The Better Binge, an artisanal cake brand in Mumbai, whose gluten-free, vegan cakes are free of refined sugar, butter, milk, eggs and white flour. The brand has amassed close to 18.4k followers on Instagram, with Katrina Kaif and Jacqueline Fernandez having her cake and eating it too. Juhi believes a cake “is the showstopper of any table.”
A bestseller is jowar dark chocolate cake. So are her buckwheat pancakes with peanut butter strokes and a nutty organic drizzle, which Kaif and Bollywood fitness expert and influencer Yasmin Karachiwala enjoy the most going by the constant barrage of Instagram posts of them tucking in. Esha Deol loves the pinatas. Her other celeb clients are Manish Malhotra, Ananya Pandey, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt and Sophie Choudry.
Off and on, your lipsticks have been lying static next to those surly gherkins in the jar in the refrigerator. Your mini nail paints have sometimes visited the sausage drawer in the machine. Now comes the cool solution: the beauty fridge. Touted as the edgiest must-have for every skincare devotee, it is cruising its way up the beauty and skin health sweepstakes this season.
It comes in pastel colours and sorbet hues. Says Dr. Rinky Kapoor, consultant dermatologist and dermato-surgeon, The Esthetic Clinics, “The beauty fridge maintains the consistency of skincare products, lending better longevity to the formulations. In India, with the tropical climate, there is always the risk of product spoilage owing to bacteria, yeast, and mould. When you are using dermatologically recommended preparations, with active ingredients, storing them in a separate, sterile environment increases its shelf life.”
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Atul Kochhar is back with a bang on home turf. The London-based, twice-Michelin-starred culinary innovator has been serving gourmet fare over a decade at his prized cluster of tony eateries. Now he has Saga, set up in partnership with Delhi restaurateur Vishal Anand, to woo gourmets and gourmands alike.
Over the years, Kochhar has come to be known as one of the high priests of progressive, edgy Indian cuisine with a signature touch. From quaintly poised puri aloo tacos to his singular dalim shakarkandhi (sweet potato with ruby pomegranate and yoghurt swirls), and a delicately spiced curry leaf martini (a perennial favourite on the Benaras menu) he is the story teller of food. Kochhar said farewell to Mumbai, following the debacle of both his restaurants N.R.I. (Not Really Indian) and Lima. “I love Mumbai, but I made a wrong business decision,” he confesses. “Failures often teach and strengthen us. In retrospect, I feel we overlooked the basic mantra loca
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