Most cities, big and small, have home delivery. Mumbai’s right at the top where I’ve had from a window A.C. to a cup of tea delivered home.

Last month we were travelling from Mumbai to Patna by train when I came across this ad pasted near the sink. This ‘pure veg’ restaurant delivers food right to your seat. All you have to do is - call them a few minutes before the train arrives at Itarasi station. I noticed the ad pretty late (after we’d crossed Itarasi), else I would’ve definitely tried the service. As it is, most of the food that’s served in our trains is pretty sad. Even the coach attendant felt the same!

400 Calorie Fix Diet endorsed by celebrity Rachael Ray is going to be the next Fad Diet for serious weight watchers. And why not, when this so-called extreme diet makes the mind boggling promise of losing about 10 pounds and 15 inches, all in just 2 weeks! Yes, the figures are so alluring that the obese will now be glued on to their couches waiting for Rachael Ray’s Prevention Magazine show, to get the best and the latest of 400 Calorie Diet.

The show which was aired yesterday had a woman vouching on the diet that helped her shed about 6 pounds in 2 days.

So what’s this 400 calorie fix diet all about?

1. Go to upload page http://www.ifood.tv/uploadpage and click on "Create a Gallery" option.2. Give a name to your Gallery. You can think of it is equivalent to a Blog title. Example Top 10 Healthy Foods etc.3. Write a brief desc of gallery. Think of it as equivalent to the first 2-3 lines of a blog, it is more about introduction to upcoming photos.4. Go to http://www.ifood.tv/uploadpage and click on "Upload a photo" option.5. Upload the photo or give the URL aka link of the photo. Write accompanying text in About Photo section. Make sure to select the gallery you just created form the drop down.6. Upload the next photo just like the last step. Repeat till done.

Thanksgiving is around the corner and I am sure just like me all of you are eagerly waiting for it. Thanksgiving is all about food, fun and family get together. Any meal is incomplete without delicious appetizers and here I am going to share with you all about my favorite and healthy appetizers:

Avocado Dip:

It is proved yet again that Sarah Palin’s and Newsweek Magazine’s chemistry is one that is not meant to happen at all! If you have not yet grabbed a copy of this week’s issue of Newsweek magazine to see Sarah Palin on its cover then please it’s high time you do coz someone is really raging on and you need to know why.

In the world of Food TV, it doesn’t get any bigger than “The Next Iron Chef”. Sunday night Seamus Mullen lost the battle leaving Jose Garces and Jehangir Mehta as the last chefs standing. The final 2 will meet at Kitchen Stadium, Sunday on The Food Network, to compete for the supreme culinary title “Iron Chef”.

Since opening his first restaurant Amada, in Philadelphia in 2005, Chef Garces has opened 4 other restaurants in Philadelphia and is the executive chef at Chicago’s Mercat a la Planxa.  In 2007 Chef Mehta opened Graffiti in the East Village of New York City after gracing the kitchens of Aix, Mercer Kitchen and serving as pastry chef of Compass.

Chef Mehta and Chef Garces spoke with me about the “Iron Chef” challenge, their inspirations and all things food.

Is there any preparation for “Iron Chef” knowing you won’t have the ingredients until the last minute? Is it as spontaneous as we see on TV?

Chef Garces I think the preparation you have is years of knowledge in the restaurant business and dealing with similar situations, obviously with not as much magnitude, but having the knowledge and background information is the best prep for any challenge.

A Thanksgiving Budget without a mention of turkey expenditure is quite meaningless! Your Thanksgiving Budget should include a good turkey at a reasonable price, right? Here are some tips from Smart Money, a leading personal finance blog, about how you can buy a fabulous turkey without burning a hole in your pocket. The highlights are:•    Go organic and buy from local farms. Local Harvest.com is going to help you find a good organic turkey at a reasonable price•    Avail discount coupons at online stores like Retailmenot.com•    Supermarkets like Whole Foods are offering turkey at huge discounts. Just checkout these options and have a splendid Turkey Festival within your Thanksgiving Budget!

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How to get your Turkey right this Thanksgiving?

I bet we have a lot good Turkey cooks out there, but cooking a perfect Thanksgiving Turkey that is made just fine with the juicy moist feel can be something most of us may find tricky. So with this year’s Thanksgiving is just about a week or two away, here are some great Turkey cooking tips that may come handy just in case if you screw up the whole process of cooking this big bird…

Oh! The time is up and the turkey is not cooked!

Thanksgiving is here. Just a few more days and the thanksgiving dinner will be spread out and it will be time to revive the Thanksgiving Traditions. Each family might have their own Thanksgiving traditions, some just as simple as dad helping out in the kitchen.  Here are the Top 5 Thanksgiving traditions practiced in the nation.

The Presidential Turkey Tradition

Since 1947 the President of United States grants pardon to one of the three live turkeys presented to him. The one that gets pardoned gets to live another year in a farm while the other two are dressed for thanksgiving meal. There are various stories about who started this tradition. Many believe that the pardoned Turkeys owe their life to President Licncoln who started this tradition by pardoning his son Pad’s pet Turkey.

Tips from Celebrity Chefs can definitely come handy this Thanksgiving, especially for first-timers.

Nov 6th 2009 meant a feast for all when the Celebrity Chef Jim Coleman provided Thanksgiving Cooking Demonstration, with some handy tips and techniques on bettering the Thanksgiving dinner!

For Chef Jim Coleman, the executive chef of Coleman Restaurant and the host of two of the high TRP rated shows and a weekly columnist in Philadelphia Daily News, Thanksgiving is a much relaxing event with more of fun, innovation and a lot more creative cooking! The chef was all praise for the thanksgiving pizza favorite of his family, and also had some real informative tips on cooking Thanksgiving Turkey the right way. What’s more, the celebrity chef also demonstrated three delicious dishes that could make everyone’s Thanksgiving a memorable one!